WEBAug 30, 2024 — NPR. Rancher and volunteer wildland firefighter Kimberly Kerns takes a break from bailing straw near Baker City, Ore. But ranchers like Kerns say the economic fallout will be huge. "There is a lot of toasted range land out there, there’s a lot of black grass, there’s a lot of dead cows," she says. "There’s a lot of high emotions, which I ...