The report from Philip Higuera, a UM fire ecologist and professor, and his co-researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, provides public officials, developers and citizens more information on how to potentially curb the costliest damage from wildfire.
Wildfires started by humans accounted for more than three-quarters of the homes and buildings lost to fire in the West over the past two decades, and structure losses increased by nearly 250% from 2010 to 2020 over the decade prior, according to new research led by a University of Montana fire ecologist.