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Prescribed burn
Prescribed burns need insurance. It's increasingly hard to get
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Ali Budner
Apr 26, 2023
Why companies that conduct controlled burns are having a harder time finding insurance policies willing to cover them.
When prescribed burns spiral into devastating wildfires, who pays the price?
Oct 21, 2022
A prescribed burn that went awry in New Mexico has some questioning the value of the practice, but scientists say we need prescribed burns more than ever because of climate change.
The prescribed burn paradox: Climate change makes them harder to contain, and more necessary
Sep 16, 2022
Prescribed fires are supposed to burn excess fuels to help contain wildfires, but the U.S. Forest Service is adding stricter controls in light of a burn that got out of control in New Mexico.
Climate change is making prescribed burning trickier in the West
Jun 3, 2022
The controlled burns are supposed to help minimize wildfire hazards, but fires in New Mexico that got out of control have some questioning whether climate change is altering that calculation.
Prescribed burns can help reduce wildfire threat in the West
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Madelyn Beck
Nov 17, 2021
Managed burns take communication between federal officials and locals.