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The corner of St. Marys Way and Bonneville Drive in the East Bench neighborhood of Salt Lake City, June 21, 2024. Just beyond the neighborhood is the entrance to Emigration Canyon and the mountains that line the east side of the city.

Insurers are dropping Salt Lakers in the foothills due to higher wildfire risks

Tilda Wilson

As insurance companies re-evaluate risk, they’re increasing premiums or refusing renewals for parts of Salt Lake City where residents might not think of themselves as living in a high wildfire risk area.

Dustin Johnson, a foreman for Wilderness Forestry, uses a high-powered weed trimmer on brush in a common area of the Sierra Canyon community in Northwest Reno, Nev., on June 28, 2022.

Science & Environment

As wildfire threats grow, there’s a booming business in defensible space

Kaleb Roedel

With wildfire seasons growing longer and stronger across the Mountain West, companies that do prevention work are staying busy.

Wildland firefighters monitor a small grass fire in Great Salt lake park, April 30, 2022.

Science & Environment

What Utahns can do right now to be wildfire ready

Lexi Peery

Wildfires are increasingly threatening Utah homes and communities. Here are some things to help you prepare.

Wildfire mitigation specialist Ben Yellin searches a home in Boulder County for vulnerabilities, pointing to a vent where embers could get trapped.

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Homeowners Insurance May Be Harder To Get In Risky Wildfire Areas

Rae Ellen Bichell

A few months ago, John Parker retired and moved into a salmon-colored log house on a mountain called Tungsten in unincorporated Boulder County. "Just to...