Experts warn 2021 Wildland Fire Season will be Severe

As the 2021 wildland fire season moves into full swing, climatologists are predicting another record-shattering year of frequent and intense wildfires across the United States. This reflects a continuing trend of more wildfires, more acres burned, and more severe and longer fire seasons.

FROM FIRE SEASON TO FIRE YEAR

Conditions that allow wildfires to ignite and continue to burn have expanded the fire season. Once lasting only four months, fire season now spans six to eight months. In fact, according to a Climate Central report on western wildfires, today’s fire season is now 105 days longer than it was in the 1970s. Read More…