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Americans Move Closer to Nature, in Fire Zones

Deer walk through areas damaged from the wildfire in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 13, 2018. The deadly wildfires that are devastating communities in parts of Northern and Southern California first ignited in an expanding part of the American landscape: not in forests, not in cities, but in the areas that experts call the wildland-urban interface. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)