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Remembering the Past, Anticipating the Future: Community Learning and Adaptation Discourse in Media Commemorations of Catastrophic Wildfires in Colorado

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Pages 132-147 | Received 14 Aug 2016, Accepted 26 Jul 2017, Published online: 10 Sep 2017

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