Though wildfires have been definitively connected to climate change, megafires in the West haven’t shifted public opinion as drastically as environmentalists might hope.
Researchers have found that repeated wildfires in the same region do tend to shift public opinion about climate change, so with back to back summers of megafires the Pikes Peak region may see greater interest in the effects of increased warming.
• Main Flash Point: Living with Wildfire page with an interactive timeline.
• A Disaster Is A Disaster: The Nature Of Emergency Management• Waldo Canyon Fire Victims: Recovering Without Rebuilding• The Wildland Urban Interface: Where the Wilderness Meets Civilization• The Double Bind: Forest Treatment In The Age of Megafires• Wildfires and Climate Change Perception
