Footnotes News in Brief Synthesizing the News How the Shutdown Affected Fire Prevention and Mitigation Work in California The five-week partial government shutdown fell during a critical window for fire-prone states to lessen the impact of the coming fire season through prescribed burns. Kelley Czajka
Environment How to Convince Fire Departments to Let Small Wildfires Burn Science shows that controlled, prescribed fires can help prevent larger, more destructive fires. Francie Diep