…Like earthquakes in California or hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, wildfires are a perennial danger in the tinderbox West. But experts say the wildfires are getting bigger and more destructive, made worse by years of drought and fire suppression, a rise in temperatures from climate change and denser development into the wild.
The six worst wildfire seasons of the past 50 years have happened since 2000, according to a recent report by Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based research firm that often examines fires and their consequences…