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    Will betting on wildfires lead to arson?

    Originally published: High Country News on June 29, 2026 by Kylie Mohr (more by High Country News)  | (Posted Jul 08, 2026)

    Fire survivors say using prediction markets to gamble on wildfire is “morally reprehensible.”

  • CLIMATE The ramifications of record-shattering heat on the West’s ecosystems ‘It was the worst possible way to end the winter that was already worse than normal.’ Christine Peterson April 23, 2026 Print Email Save Article More A general view of hills at Carrizo Plain National Monument in Santa Margarita of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States on March 29, 2026. Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

    The ramifications of record-shattering heat on the West’s ecosystems

    Originally published: High Country News on April 23, 2026 by Christine Peterson (more by High Country News)  | (Posted Apr 28, 2026)

    ‘It was the worst possible way to end the winter that was already worse than normal.’

  • In May 2025, Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz visited with Dixie National Forest staff to discuss the local timber industry, recreation and cooperation with national parks. The Trump administration plans to move the Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah. Preston Keres/Forest Service

    Forest Service overhaul sows confusion, concern

    Originally published: High Country News on March 31, 2026 by Christine Peterson (more by High Country News)  | (Posted Apr 06, 2026)

    In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.

  • Rosebud Sioux firefighter Chance Wooden Knife throws a bag of ice to firefighter Smokey Kills Smart at camp as their crew gets ready to head out on the Spring Creek Fire in 2018 in La Veta, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

    The Trump administration is trying to fire the ‘backbone’ of wildland firefighting

    Originally published: High Country News on March 6, 2025 by Kylie Mohr (more by High Country News)  | (Posted Mar 15, 2025)

    Last month’s terminations cut employees who serve critical support roles on fires.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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