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Fire is transforming the US West’s public lands – research shows overlooked cost to recreation

Researchers found moderate- to high-severity wildfires cut visits 15% to 20% and the losses lasted at least five years.

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Large-scale wildfires seem to turn visitors away, while prescribed burning may have the opposite effect. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesColorado’s two largest fires on record, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires, burned hundreds of thousands of acres across some of the state’s most visited landscapes in 2020. The fires scorched trails, campgrounds and beloved ecosystems in and around Rocky Mountain Na…

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arcamax.com broke the news on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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