Flash Fiction: Unreliable
The leaves above me were sliding through the air, like waves lapping across the ocean. I was trying to determine whether it was the wind shaking the delicate branches, or […]
FIRE! Fire isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It is, just like we are.
University of Idaho’s Fire Ecology and Management students and staff show how fire can benefit the ecosystem and unite the community.
If you google the word “fire” almost all of the images that come up capture one of three things: firefighters engulfed in flames while putting out a burning building, flames […]
Faces of Fire
Fire shapes Idaho's forests and lives
A cigarette is tossed out of a car and smolders in the dry brush and weeds lining the highway. Between the wind from passing cars and the dried-out brush, the […]
The burning battle Recent study shows humans start 84 percent of wildfires in the U.S.
Dirk Seymore didn’t always want to be a firefighter. But, with his desire for an outdoor summer job and a relationship with individuals who worked in fire, it seemed like […]
The future of fire
An increasingly severe fire season means uncertainty about the future of the Northwest’s landscape
This summer felt like a scene straight out of an apocalyptic film — homes were lost, environments were engulfed by flames, smoke filled the air and ash rained down upon […]
