Wildfires and fires in general are an ever-present part of living in Willamette Valley. Maxx Diehm, a volunteer firefighter and college student at the University of Oregon, shares about how firefighting has let him see the effects of climate change firsthand and how it’s changed his perspective on just about everything.

Voices of the Valley
We're a class of University of Oregon journalism students exploring life and environmental issues in the Willamette Valley with professor John D. Sutter.
Quick PSA: It's the Willamette, dammit! And those words rhyme.
We're a class of University of Oregon journalism students exploring life and environmental issues in the Willamette Valley with professor John D. Sutter.
Quick PSA: It's the Willamette, dammit! And those words rhyme. Listen on
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