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Historical and current perspectives on conceptions of wilderness, ecology, and fire-suppression, written by River Selby, author of HOTSHOT, doctoral candidate, and former firefighter.

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On Wednesday, August 27th, federal agents arrived at the Bear Gulch fire, the largest fire currently burning in Washington State, and ordered two contract fire crews to line up and provide proof of citizenship.

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ICE is Arresting Wildland Firefighters on Active Fires

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(What is) PL4?

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    Ex-firefighter; PhD candidate; autistic, queer, nonbinary person; hype man in civvies. My memoir, HOTSHOT, is available wherever books are sold.

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