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America The Beautiful Foundation, Westfire at Colorado State University, and WICE Foundation Inc. recently convened the inaugural Wildfire Smoke, Health & Environment Summit in Boise, Idaho. The Summit brought together leaders from public health, wildfire management, emergency response, academia, government, utilities, and nonprofit organizations to address the growing effects of wildfire smoke on people, communities, and the environment. Through featured presentations, colla

America The Beautiful Foundation Executive Director Dr Emily Weeks continued the Foundation’s work to strengthen wildfire resilience efforts in Tahoe City at the 2026 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Google.org Wildfire Resilience Initiative and AIC:W Grantee Convening. She joined leaders across conservation, wildfire resilience, policy, philanthropy, and technology to help advance science-backed strategies for reducing wildfire risk across Western North America. This