One of the most significant factors in wildfire home losses is unrestricted development outside of communities. The attitude that it’s my land, and I can do whatever I want with it dominates Western land use philosophy and policies. Resistance to land use planning and zoning has complicated effective community protection. Inappropriate development in the hinterlands, More

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