We Made Wildfire an Enemy for 110 Years. It Could Have Been an Ally.

Starting with the Big Blowup of 1910, the U.S. Forest Service’s strategy mostly has been to put out fires as fast as possible. With climate change and shifting populations, we’re losing that war. - NYTimes

The efforts to suppress wildfires, particularly in the American West — as seen here in Oregon in 1955 — have often resembled military campaigns, in both their approach and equipment.  Image Credit J. R. Eyerman / The LIFE Picture Collection, via Getty Images