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The 2017 Salmon August Fire: A Tale of Wildfire Complexity

Fire effects in Etna Mill Creek, the municipal watershed for Etna, California.

In the summer of 2017, the Marble Mountains Wilderness in Northern California became the stage for a complex and dramatic wildfire event known as the Salmon August Fire. This fire, which began as a small lightning-sparked blaze, would go on to challenge fire managers, threaten communities, and reshape the landscape over the course of more than three months.

The fire began with a lightning strike…

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