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Winter storms have finally arrived in Arizona, bringing cold temperatures up north, but a new program helps keep members of the Navajo Nation supplied in firewood.
In the winter, temperatures on the Navajo Nation can get down to single digits. Most homes on the reservation are heated with wood stoves, but wood can be hard to come by. Dr. Sophia Calderon from Tuba City Regional Health Care spoke about the program in a Nature Conservancy video.
“There are a lot of families in the community that need firewood, and pretty much, most homes here burn firewood to keep their homes warm. With COVID here, the need is dramatically more,” Calderon said.
So several groups banded together to get wood to the reservation. The U.S. Forest Service is using wood that it gathered from thinning forests to reduce wildfire risk.
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