[MCN] Fire: Montana can learn from California, or not

[Lance Olsen]

Jerry Brown tells truth about California fires that few want to hear: 'It’s people' <https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-california-fires-woolsey-hill-camp-california-fires-jerry-brown-tells-1542648133-htmlstory.html#nt=card>
“For 10,000 years, there were never more than 300,000 [people living in California]. Now we have 40 million and we have a totally different situation.

“So it’s not one thing. It’s people. It’s how people live, it’s where they live, and it’s the changing climate…. And the truth is…we’re going to have more difficulties. Things are not going to get better. They’re going to get more challenging because of the continuing alteration in the climate — lack of moisture, early snowmelt and faster winds, the whole thing.”

Deadly California fires prompt bold thinking about prevention: Shelters, strict zoning, buyouts <https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-fire-measures-20181119-story.html#nt=oft-Triple%20Chain~Flex%20Feature~~prevention-442a~~1~yes-art~curated~curatedpage>
By BETTINA BOXALL <https://www.latimes.com/la-bio-bettina-boxall-staff.html#nt=byline>  and SUSANNE RUST <https://www.latimes.com/la-bio-susanne-rust-staff.html#nt=byline>


Trying to get a handle on California’s deadly wildfires has lawmakers flummoxed <https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-fire-policy-legislature-20181119-story.html#nt=oft-Triple%20Chain~Flex%20Feature~~skelton-1215a~~1~yes-art~curated~curatedpage>
By GEORGE SKELTON <https://www.latimes.com/lanews-george-skelton-20130507-staff.html#nt=byline>



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