For millennia, native people have used flames to protect the land. The US government outlawed the process for a century before recognizing its value.

Prescribed burns are the solution to megafires, but they aren’t easy to do in a changing climate. Can technology can help us better understand how prescribed fires behave and make them safer to carry out?

The basics on how we got to now, why it matters for all Americans, and how we can fix it together.