Oregon wildfire, smoke experts weigh in on future risks and 2024 season

Experts from the University of Oregon offered generally good news about wildfire risks for the West but uncertainty for Northwest.

Oregon’s getting better at preventing and responding to wildfires, experts said Thursday, April 25, but much more still needs to be done.

A panel of University of Oregon professors who study climate change, smoke and wildfire discussed the 2024 wildfire season in an online forum with journalists as the West braces for summer fires.

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