In Focus: Wildfire Risks and Jobs

Margaret A. Walls

Date

June 18, 2025

Guest

Margaret A. Walls

Producers

Annie M. Tastet and Maya Krainc

Image

Getty Images

In the western United States, communities are growing in areas that are at high risk of wildfires. However, policymakers and experts know little about how businesses and other elements of the nonresidential sector are expanding in these wildfire-prone regions. In this latest In Focus video, RFF Senior Fellow Margaret Walls explains her research on this trend and its implications for climate and disaster resilience.

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