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Logging by Copter: Flagstaff Invests Millions to Reduce Fire Risk on Mount Elden

Nicole Hernandez and Cronkite News · Apr 11, 2019

With the threat of wildfires expected to be higher than normal this fire season, Flagstaff is trying to reduce the threat by logging with a helicopter. It’s an expensive undertaking. But Flagstaff residents in 2012 voted to tax themselves to raise the funds

Union of Concerned Scientists: Rural Drivers Have Most to Gain from Clean Vehicles

Daniel Gatti · Feb 18, 2019

Drivers living outside urban areas have farther to drive for work, shopping and trips to the doctor, so they spend more on gas and repairs and produce more emissions per capita. Switching to clean vehicles would save money; it would also…

Growth and Development

Land Use Planning More Effective Than Logging to Reduce Wildfire Risk

Kelly Pohl · Feb 15, 2019

Timber management on federal lands can be justified for valid reasons — protecting watersheds, conserving wildlife habitat, promoting overall forest health — but it rarely helps communities confront looming wildfire disasters. The best…

Environment

Q&A: ‘Bridge Builder’ Says Dialogues Should Not Shy Around Rural Fears

Tim Marema · Feb 6, 2019

Anna Claussen has helped rural communities talk productively about contentious topics like climate change. Now she’s forming an organization to help her expand that work.

Agriculture

Book Review: Sustainable-Farming Book Lobs Ideas, not Stones

Julianne Couch · Feb 4, 2019

In One Size Fits None, a farmer’s daughter paints an informed and convincing portrait of our existing agricultural system and what might be done to make it more sustainable.

Environment

Rural’s Connection to Environment Means Bigger Climate-Change Impact

Bryce Oates · Jan 7, 2019

Mainstays of rural American culture and economy – such as timber, agriculture, tourism, ranching, hunting, fishing, winter sports – could see major disruptions from climate change. The impact will be big enough to disrupt the national…

Environment

Exploring Solutions: The Economics of Managing Healthier Forests

Bryce Oates · Dec 12, 2018

Forest-management techniques could reduce the severity of catastrophic wildfires before they start. But there's currently no reliable way to pay for those activities. Two Western nonprofits grapple with building economies that support…

Environment

Analysis: Could Future Savings Pay for Forest Treatment Today?

Bryce Oates · Dec 12, 2018

Conservationists have had a hard time making fire-management forestry pay for itself through business startups. But public support for fire mitigation could pay big economic benefits down the road.

Environment

Exploring Solutions: ‘Wildfire as a Fact of Life’

Bryce Oates · Dec 11, 2018

Wildfires are burning hotter and faster, taking more lives and destroying more property. Climate change and human development patterns are only making the problem worse. So what can forest communities do to reduce their risk? Or, as one…

Environment

Journalism Project Shines Light on Why So Many Lack Water Service in Central Appalachia

Compiled Daily Yonder Staff · Dec 7, 2018

The Lexington Herald-Leader, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Charleston Gazette-Mail began publishing a series yesterday called Stirring the Waters, which explores why so many residents of Central Appalachia lack what many in the rest…

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