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# Wildfire Suppression Is a Decades-Old Conundrum
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/wildfire-suppression-is-a-decades-old-conundrum/
- Published: 2018-08-29T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-16T17:41:58.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: magazine articles, publication, high country news, reckoning with history, 2018, wildfire, forests, elers koch, idaho, environmental history, leopold report

"Reckoning with History: Wildfire suppression is a decades-old conundrum," *High Country News* (August 29, 2018). 

[Wildfire suppression is a decades-old conundrum - High Country NewsWilderness managers are still trying to balance the risks and necessity of fire.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-15.png)High Country NewsAdam M. Sowards![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/special-agent.jpeg)](https://www.hcn.org/articles/reckoning-with-history-wildfire-suppression-in-wilderness-a-decades-old-conundrum?ref=adamsowards.net)