Murphy Woodhouse is a Mountain West News Bureau Reporter at Boise State Public Radio. With a decade of experience as a print and radio reporter on both sides of the Arizona-Sonora border, Murphy focuses on disaster and emergency response, particularly in the context of wildland fire, leveraging his background as a wildland firefighter to shed light on the challenging working conditions in this field. He has been featured in various media outlets including Reno Public Radio, KUNM-FM, KUNC, and High Country News.
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Murphy Woodhouse's coverage is primarily focused on local government and politics with an emphasis on environmental issues, particularly related to public lands, conservation, climate change, and outdoor recreation. He frequently cites data and covers government announcements.
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By: Murphy Woodhouse
Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho and Wyoming have no statewide wildfire building codes. Colorado adopted a code last year, with enforcement expected to begin this year. Most other Western states are somewhere in between. That's according to a recent
By: Murphy Woodhouse
At night, temperatures are often cooler and the air is wetter, giving firefighters a window to make up ground on firelines. But because of climate change, that pattern is breaking down.
Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho and Wyoming have no statewide wildfire building codes. Colorado adopted a code last year, with enforcement expected to begin this year. Most other Western states are somewhere in between.
By: Murphy Woodhouse
At night, temperatures are often cooler and the air is wetter, which gives wildland firefighters a long window to make up significant ground when trying to suppress blazes. But that pattern is breaking down, a trend driven by human-caused climate change, according to a new study.
By: Murphy Woodhouse
Over seven recent years, U.S. Forest Service projects helped communities avoid almost $3 billion in fire-related harm, according to a new study.
By: Murphy Woodhouse
Colorado adopted a code last year, with enforcement expected to begin this year. Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, and Wyoming, meanwhile, have no statewide wildfire building codes.
By: Murphy Woodhouse
The Mountain West News Bureau's wildfire reporter Murphy Woodhouse recently spoke at length with Chief Brian Fennessy , the inaugural head of the Department of Interior's U.S. Wildland Fire Service.
By: Murphy Woodhouse
Alongside homeowners insurance premiums, costs for multi-family rental property policies and other insurance required in the business are also on the rise. That has big implications for tenants – especially those in subsidized or affordable housing. That's according to a new
By: Murphy Woodhouse
Specifically, the researchers looked at more than 750,000 wildfires in the West between 1992 and 2020. In the second half of that period, the number of reported wildfires were down by 31%, but acreage burned was up 40%.
By: Murphy Woodhouse
Researchers looked at more than 750,000 wildfires in the West over 30 years. In the second half of that period, the number of reported wildfires were down by 31%, but acreage burned was up 40%.
