Published June 10, 2022
By Jeff Victor, Wyoming Public Radio
In late 2020, the Mullen Fire torched 176,000 acres in the Medicine Bow Forest of southern Wyoming. For days, smoke polluted the air in nearby Laramie and colored the sky above the University of Wyoming with a hazy red glow. Today, on that same campus, a multitude of researchers are studying the effects climate change has on the local environment, region, and people.
