High Country News

LETTERS

FIRE CAN PRESERVE

Thank you for this article (“Femme Fire,” January 2023)! It is so inspiring on so many levels. I really appreciate that the author highlights how a hypermasculine, militaristic firefighting tradition ignores and erases so many important aspects of why fire suppression is needed and how it can be done in a way that preserves rather than destroys. Thank you.

Melanie Curry

Berkeley, California

DELICIOUS STORY

I just read with delight “Making Christmas

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from High Country News

High Country News1 min read
Leave A Little Behind
Estate planning — at any age — can help bring you peace of mind, knowing the loved ones and organizations you treasure will be cared for. There are many ways to make a difference and invest in independent journalism: • Put HCN in your will• Name HCN 
High Country News2 min read
Contributors
Nika Bartoo-Smith, reporter for Underscore News + ICT, covers Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, she is an Osage and Oneida Nations descendant, with European and Indonesian heritage. Nick Bowlin is a
High Country News22 min read
Lights Out
“THAT NOISE YOU HEAR? It’s power,” Christine Lewis told me above the faint buzz emanating from the Cowlitz electrical substation in western Washington. Lewis, the senior manager for transmission and distribution at Tacoma Public Utilities, was explai

Related Books & Audiobooks