Inside Climate News: An Idaho Bird Research Station Rises From the Ashes of a Wildfire.

Glaciers The Valley Fire torched Lucky Peak, near Boise, Idaho, in the fall of 2024. It lasted three weeks and burned more than 10,000 acres/4000 hectares. The Boise State University’s Intermountain Bird Observatory, stationed there, was among the fire’s casualties. The researchers there are now “channeling their grief into a study of how avians respond to climate-driven blazes”. From the story:

“No bird research station had ever been impacted by a wildfire like this, so detailed studies of how a blaze would impact the animals and their habitats is hard to come by. Lucky Peak, meanwhile, has 30 years of data on its birds from before the fire. By collecting comparable data after the blaze, they could investigate aspects of fire ecology that were nearly impossible to study before.”