Wildfire strategy doesn’t need a winner – with 3 camps fighting for dominance, the system can’t keep up with the risk

Wildfire strategy tends to break into three distinct camps today, each focusing heavily on one approach over the others. Successful management requires them all.

By: Tony Cheng, Colorado State University and Matt Thompson, Colorado State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: September 14, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 month ago

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By Tony Cheng, Colorado State University and Matt Thompson, Colorado State University

One of the problems with how America deals with wildfires is thinking there is one primary strategy that can end the nation’s wildfire crisis. Whether that’s detecting and putting out every fire fast, increasing logging and forest thinning, or allowing fires to burn under safe conditions, the default choice today is to pour more money and effort into the star …

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