Kelly Ramsey

Kelly Ramsey has worked as a wilderness ranger and wildland firefighter. Her first book, a memoir, is forthcoming from Scribner in 2025. She writes a newsletter about culture, climate, and her plant obsession called Plant Person.

Beautiful Country Burn Again

The Park Fire, the Camp Fire, and the trauma of repeated climate disaster

By Kelly Ramsey August 25, 2024

In this story: wildfire, climate adaptation, climate change

Dear Los Angeles: You’re Drinking Indigenous Water

How LA can localize its water supply and finally do right by the Owens Valley Paiute tribes

Text and photographs by Kelly Ramsey October 9, 2023

In this story: indigenous communities, water

Feet to the Fire

A pay cut is looming for federal firefighters

By Kelly Ramsey April 12, 2023

In this story: forests, politics, climate change

Firefighter extinguishing wildfire with fire truck. Photo byToa55 | iStock

Kelly Ramsey

Beautiful Country Burn Again

Dear Los Angeles: You’re Drinking Indigenous Water

Feet to the Fire

The Sierra Club

SIERRA Magazine

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