r/Wildfire • u/mittenborn • 2d ago

Bear Gulch immigration raid

Hey r/Wildfire — I'm a Seattle-based reporter working on a story about the immigration raid at the Bear Gulch Fire. Hoping to get more info from anyone who's been out there or has an account of what happened. Also looking for insight about the larger implications of immigration enforcement at active wildfires. I can talk off the record or on background with anyone who's willing to share. Please PM me if you'd like to connect. Thanks!

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u/Beginning_Bat_7255 1d ago

In Olympic National Forest in the last 50 years nearly 80% of all the acres burned has occurred in the last 2 years. Around 45% in just the last 3 months with Bear Gulch Fire https://i.imgur.com/7Rgb09f.png

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u/N205FR 1h ago

Same story for California, where half of all acres burned in the past century burned AFTER 2020. Should be noted that this is all occurring with LESS number of fires. So it’s not that arson, cigarettes, gender reveal parties increased, it’s all due to environmental factors such as record heat and drought.