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Phil Higuera (he/him)
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| Fire Ecology | PaleoEcology | Environmental Change |
Professor, Dep. of Ecosystem & Conservation Sciences, @FCFCMontana, Univ. of Montana.
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Fire Facts:
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Millions of Hectares Burned by Wildfire and Prescribed fire in the West, 1999-2020 | Created with Datawrapper
*Wildfire affects an order-of-magnitude more area than prescribed fire.* Wildfire area burned includes all fires with an emergency response, regardless of ignition source, summed over 1999-2020; data ...
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April 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Fire Facts:
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Home and structure loss by ignition source in the West (1999-2020) | Created with Datawrapper
Data from Higuera et al. (2023), PNAS Nexus
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March 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Area burned by ignition source in the West (1999-2020) | Created with Datawrapper
Data from Higuera et al. (2023), PNAS Nexus
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March 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Fire Facts:
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Human-related ignitions are responsible for the majority of structure loss in the in the West (1999-2020) | Created with Datawrapper
Data from Higuera et al. (2023), PNAS Nexus
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March 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Fire Facts:
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88% of wildfires in the West resulted in no structure loss (1999-2020) | Created with Datawrapper
Data from Higuera et al. (2023), PNAS Nexus
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March 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Fire Facts:
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Lightning is responsible for the majority of area burned by wildfires in the West (1999-2020) | Created with Datawrapper
Data from Higuera et al. (2023), PNAS Nexus
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March 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Twitter / X account officially deactivated....
February 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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missoulian.com/opinion/colu...
Cutting funding for science hurts Montana’s economy and our future | Opinion
Opinion: If proposed cuts remain in place, research will be massively curtailed, will no longer be led by Montanans, and will not contribute the societal, economic benefits to our state.
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February 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM