Emphasis must be on protecting homes and communities while recognizing the crucial ecosystem benefits that fire provides The fires burning through northern New Mexico this past month redefine what we consider a normal spring. Pushed by relentless high winds and exacerbated by an ongoing, 20-plus-year megadrought linked to the human-induced climate crisis, these wildfires have More

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