Current:Home > NewsFor Successful Wildfire Prevention, Look To The Southeast -ForexStream
For Successful Wildfire Prevention, Look To The Southeast
View
Date:2025-04-15 23:35:42
Another destructive fire season has Western states searching for ways to prevent it. As climate correspondent Lauren Sommer reports, some answers might lie in the Southeastern U.S. The region leads the country in setting controlled fires — burns to clear vegetation that becomes the fuel for extreme fires.
Read more of Lauren's reporting on wildfire prevention. And check out our previous episode on cultural burns here.
Email the show at [email protected].
This episode was produced by Rebecca Ramirez, edited by Viet Le and fact-checked by Berly McCoy.
veryGood! (4234)
Related
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- How King Charles III and the Royal Family Are Really Doing Without the Queen
- California's destructively wet winter has a bright side. You'll want to see it
- Joseph Baena Reveals How He Powered Past the Comments About Being Arnold Schwarzenegger's Son
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- Epic drought in Taiwan pits farmers against high-tech factories for water
- Save 50% On the Top-Selling Peter Thomas Roth Mud Mask and Clear Out Your Pores While Hydrating Your Skin
- Meghan Trainor Diagnosed With PTSD After Son Riley's Traumatic Birth
- Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
- Swimming pools and lavish gardens of the rich are driving water shortages, study says
Ranking
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- How climate change is killing the world's languages
- Gigi Hadid’s Daughter Khai Proves She’s Next in Fashion With These Adorable Photos
- Danny Trejo’s Kitchen Must-Haves Include a Pick Inspired by His Movies
- Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
- Kristin Cavallari Reveals the “Challenges” of Dating After Jay Cutler Divorce
- Jennifer Love Hewitt Shares Rare Glimpse of Her Kids During Disneyland Family Outing
- Arctic chill brings record low temperatures to the Northeast
Recommendation
Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds
News Round Up: aquatic vocal fry, fossilizing plankton and a high seas treaty
Taylor Swift Proves She Belongs in NYC During Night Out With Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
More than half of the world's largest lakes are shrinking. Here's why that matters
Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
Solar energy could be key in Puerto Rico's transition to 100% renewables, study says
Queen Camilla’s Son Tom Parker Bowles Makes Rare Comments on Her Marriage to King Charles
North West Joins Mom Kim Kardashian on Red Carpet at Daily Front Row Awards