Wildfires in the parched West struck in areas where development is occurring near forested areas that can become tinder boxes in severe droughts. Ray Rasker, executive director of Bozeman, Mont.-based Headwaters Economics, says these events require a national conversation about home-building in fire-prone areas, but most people "are completely distracted" by the effort to make rural homes more fire-resistant.
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