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Wildfires are a thing. They will be increasing as some areas of the country dry out – and due to over-protective conservation efforts that have led to unhealthy, overforested public lands<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch Duty<\/a> gives live updated maps based on satellite hotspot monitoring. It can sometimes see hotspots that aren’t there due to smoke covering, but nothing is faster and more updated than live satellite data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoom.earth<\/a> gives you live satellite imagery if you want to see how smoke is blowing and up-to-date images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wildfires are a thing. They will be increasing as some areas of the country dry out – and due to over-protective conservation efforts that have led to unhealthy, overforested public lands. Watch Duty gives live updated maps based on satellite hotspot monitoring. It can sometimes see hotspots that aren’t there due to smoke covering, but nothing is faster and more updated than live satellite data. Zoom.earth gives you live satellite imagery if you want to see how smoke is blowing…<\/p>\n

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