Climate Change: Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience

Aug 1, 2019 | Don Jergler, Insurance Journal
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Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year. Over the last five years, wildfires have continued to hit the state hard. One state official, who believes climate change is partly to blame, is not optimistic about future wildfire conditions in the state.