News Headline

For a Warming World, A New Strategy for Protecting Watersheds

Source
Yale Environment 360

Publication Date
2019-02-19

Long before an aspen tree fell on a power line in New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains in June 2011, triggering the biggest wildfire in the state’s history, fire managers knew that New Mexico’s forests were vulnerable. Climate change-induced drought and higher temperatures had dried out the trees and soil.

Content
https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-restoring-watersheds-is-a-new-priority-in-a-warming-world