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Researchers pored over roughly four dozen papers that assessed exposure to various carcinogens on the fireline. They identified 31 carcinogens 鈥� including asbestos, volatile organic compounds like benzene and crystalline silica.

With an unclear budget for 2025, the Forest Service is not planning to hire seasonal workers next year and warns volunteer groups not to expect big projects. Listen to Morning Edition host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with The Colorado Sun outdoor reporter Jason Blevins.

Ultimate passage is still dependent on Congress鈥� ability to pass a budget, something that high-profile dysfunction in recent years calls into question.

Jerry Godbey and Donna Williams would have lost their 102 year old home in the Alexander Mountain Fire, if not for a resource-intensive firefighting strategy.

After several days of firefighting efforts on the Front Range, full containment of the Alexander Mountain Fire in Larimer County is in sight. Kelly Lyell of The Coloradoan reports the attention is now shifting to residents returning home and the damage left in the fire's wake.

The program is a partnership between the Western Colorado Conservation Corps, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service. It prepares young women for wildland firefighting jobs with federal agencies.

Wildfire risk continues to impact tens of thousands of people in Northern Colorado. On today's episode of In the NoCo, we hear from a wildfire economist with Colorado State University about the risks homeowners face 鈥� and what people can do to protect their property.

With a last-minute continuing resolution passed over the weekend, the feared wildland firefighter pay cliff has been kicked down the road to November. But with substantial pay cuts still looming, firefighter advocacy groups are going to push for a full, permanent fix, like the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act, which enjoys substantial bipartisan support.

This fire year is on track to be as extreme as the last few. At the same time, some Forest Service areas have had a hard time hiring enough wildland firefighters.

As wildfire season begins in earnest across parts of the Mountain West, firefighting agencies will also be battling the tightest labor market in decades and a housing affordability crisis. A Bureau of Land Management spokesperson at the National Interagency Fire Center, doesn't expect staffing to be an issue. She says that while fire seasons are becoming "fire years," the real focus is juggling and balancing the teams鈥� schedules.