Mountain Snowmelt and Fire
In recent decades in the American West, wildfires have burned about 17 times more land in years with early snowmelt than with late.
Early vs. Late Snowmelt
Satellite-derived images comparing the first full week of April in years with early (2002) vs. late (2008) snowmelt.
Tripod Fire Satellite View
The August 2006 Tripod Complex Fire burned some 180,000 acres of beetle-damaged forest in central Washington State.
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