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Smoke from this season’s wildfires is worrying West Coast winemakers
Sep 29, 2017
Notes of ashtray or campfire in your pinot? Vineyards say smoky weather from this year’s wildfires could leave lasting mark on wines.
Molly Solomon/ for Marketplace
How small businesses are affected by wildfires
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Andy Uhler
Oct 8, 2015
In Bastrop, Texas, even if your home was spared, it doesn't mean your income was.
A Texas county, 4 years after state's worst wildfire
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Andy Uhler
Oct 2, 2015
Bastrop County, in the dry piney woods, not only is rebuilding, it's growing.
As wildfires spread, the contractors are called in
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Andy Uhler
Sep 17, 2015
Outside help is filling the gap between 'what we have and what we need.'
Living with fire: In the dry West, it's not if a house will burn, it's when
Aug 19, 2013
Wildfires are burning across the West and are expected to get worse as global temperatures rise. One problem: people living in high-risk fire zones.
Fighting wildfires with Big Data
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Molly Wood
Jul 11, 2013
The severity of wildfires in the United States is likely to triple by the end of the century, according to a new study out of the University of Alberta.
Fireproofing your home in the wilderness
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Megan Verlee
Jul 3, 2013
Hundreds of homes have already been lost to wildfires this summer. There are ways to make these houses less likely to burn, but fire mitigation is a hard sell to homeowners.
For public good, not for profit.
Despite wildfires, more homes built in forests
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Megan Verlee
Jul 2, 2013
Why more and more homes are going up in the country’s most fire-prone areas.
What would you take from your burning house?
Jun 29, 2012
If your home was suddenly ablaze, what would you save from the flames? A photographer, who collects photos of people's "burning house" possessions, talks about what people's choices say about them.
Courtest It Books
Wildfires stifle Colorado's tourism industry
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Megan Verlee
Jun 29, 2012
As wildfires rage across Colorado, state officials are being cautious in how they describe the conflagration, hoping not to scare away its major tourism industry, like it did in 2002.