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Prescribed burns

Joshua trees burn during the York Fire in the Mojave National Preserve in July. (Photo/Ty O’Neil, The Associated Press)

What can Indigenous knowledge, and now AI, teach us about fire?

Where the 2020 fires contributed the most to smoke exposure over the western US. Red indicates the areas with the most smoke impact in September 2020, averaged over the western US and weighted for population. Blue indicates fires with the least smoke impact.

How prescribed burns could limit megafires in California, Oregon, and Washington

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