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More intense heatwaves, droughts, and less humidity are leading to longer, hotter, and drier summers in the Pacific Northwest, creating the conditions necessary for “fire weather.” In decades past, melting snowpack provided water to dried tree and plant matter later into the spring and summer than today, helping shorten the window for wildfire risk. With warmer temperatures causing snowpack to melt earlier in the year, forest fuels are ripe for burning earlier in the year. Some studies show the culmination of these effects has extended the length of wildfire season by more than two months.
Currently, Mount Rainier National Park does not have any wildfires active within the park. However, smoke from the Schneider Springs Fire in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest near Naches, WA, can be visible from the east side of the park.
A burn ban is currently in effect for Mount Rainier National Park. Learn more about wildland fire in the National Park Service.
NPS Photos of smoke from the Schneider Springs Fire viewed from Sunrise, 8/9/21.
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Photograph by Irina Werning March 2015 Argentina—For “Pelo Largo Querido,” a personal project featuring Argentines with exceptionally long locks, the photographer asked local women in Neuquén, Patagonia, to let their hair down.
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POV: You’re standing amongst the sequoia trees watching a winter sunrise. Life is good.
Photo at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, by Jelieta Walinski (sharetheexperience.org).
Photo description: Tall snowy trees stretch up towards a twilight-colored sky.
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