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Posted inEditor's Pick

How Federal Agencies Are Failing Their Wildland Firefighters

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 7, 2021October 19, 2022

“There’s a damaging disconnect between the lionized figure of the firefighter and the reality of the men and women who fight more fire than anyone.”

Posted inNonfiction

The Misconception of the Wild

by Carolyn Wells October 30, 2019October 17, 2022

Leo Schwartz finds out what lessons can be learned from the burned-out Oregon backcountry.

Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story

A Song for the River

by Philip Connors September 17, 2018October 19, 2022

In the mountains of southwestern New Mexico, a seasoned fire lookout watches as his beloved forest and his personal life burn, and he tries to imagine what will arise from their ashes.

Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes

Homelessness and Colorado’s Public Lands

by Aaron Gilbreath January 8, 2018October 19, 2022

Illegal encampments on Colorado’s public lands are creating unsafe conditions for locals and damaging the land with trash.

Posted inNonfiction, Story

Death by Fire

by Longreads May 8, 2017October 19, 2022

Forty years after his time with the U.S. Forest Service, a writer reflects on his years fighting fires out West, especially how fire shapes both forests and people.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Loving the Difficult Places

by Aaron Gilbreath January 31, 2017October 19, 2022

Kate Schimel narrates her grueling trek into Oregon’s Kalmiopsis Wilderness with the people who voluntarily clear its impenetrable trails and swim its clear creeks, showing why America needs road-free, undeveloped areas just like it

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