Utah wildfire camera network supports management efforts, U research

Alightning strike on a patch of grass, choked dry by drought, can spark a fire in an instant and destroy hundreds of acres in minutes. Along the Wasatch Front, it’s likely someone would notice such a blaze and report it, but in rural Utah, wildfires often go unnoticed before they spiral out of control. A team at the Utah Education Network (UEN) and University of Utah is hoping to change that. In September, UEN partnered with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Utah Division of Forestry,...