Many of you may have seen the recent presentation by Dr. Paul Hessburg on the Era of Megafires. In this presentation, Dr. Hessburg provides an explanation of why wildfires have been growing in the the western united states. Recently, a condensed version of the presentation was made into a Ted Talk which is now on Youtube. Its called Living Dangerously in the Era of Megafires. You can search for it by title on Youtube or access it by clicking this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edDZNkm8Mas&t=14s. Or to see it in person, check out the schedule from North 40 Productions website at http://www.north40productions.com/wildfire.