Lightning-caused wildfires can help renew forest ecosystems, but with warmer, drier landscapes, the risk has grown too high.
Author: Anton L. Delgado, Arizona Republic
Arizona wildfires: Bigger, hotter than ever. How will the land recover?
As temperatures rise and drought intensifies, fires grow larger and burn more severely. What happens to the landscape next is unknown.
From the Gila River to Bears Ears: Environmental activists renew push to protect Southwest US public lands amid shifting politics
In a shifting political landscape, activists and archaeologists in the southwestern U.S. have renewed efforts to protect more public land.