Environment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Jako Janse van Rensburg, Unsplash  [/caption] News by Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season. Washington state saw more individual fires than
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="768"] Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez stands with an attorney outside of the ICE detention center where he was held for nearly four weeks. Hernandez, a firefighter who was detained while battling a wildfire in Washington state, was released Tuesday, his attorneys said.
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News commentary by Mark Rose Wildland firefighters harangued, harassed, probed, shared inside info, and vented on every social media platform available. We were letting the Forest Service and the public know our deep anger regarding the immigration raid on the Bear Gulch fire near Lake Cushman. August 27, two firefighters
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Wildfire smoke contains harmful gasses and fine particles. Photo courtesy of Unsplash  [/caption] Special to the Beacon by Lara Gaasland-Tatro, Environmental Health Specialist: Climate and Health Jefferson County is experiencing more wildfire smoke each summer as the climate warms. Wildfire
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo courtesy of Unsplash  [/caption] Moe K. Clark, InvestigateWest Throughout her two decades working on forestry issues, Jasmine Minbashian has often found herself at odds with the U.S. Forest Service and the timber industry. Her environmental activism started during