Jumping a containment line, the fire forces another evacuation. By Tim Reiterman and Lee Romney, Times Staff Writers.
This fire will, as it should, increase the public perception of the problem of people building in areas where fires are expected and normally burn without great loss of property.
Update: Indeed the debate has already begun. Fires Ignite Debate on Urban Interface Development. Headwaters News.
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Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is President of the Western Watersheds Project.
