I’m still reeling from the number of wildfires on the Appalachian Trail this year. Not only were there an unusually large number of wildfires, the most recent fire, sparking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, spread beyond the forest into nearby Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, leading to the deaths of 14 people and causing millions in property damage.
Some of these wildfires were triggered by natural events: severe drought extending over nearly than ¾ of the Appalachian Mountains converted our “green tunnel” into a tinder box, ...
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