Image © iStock - klengerThis year, Utah has already broken its record for wooded and forested areas burned in a single year. Woodland areas are characterized by shorter trees like junipers or pinyon pines, while forests have taller trees like aspens, firs and pines. This year’s wildfires have “far eclipsed the record” for woodland areas burned, Dennison said, while Utah is “approaching” setting a record for forest acres burned. “We’re not there yet,” Dennison said, noting that 2020 and 2018 still hold records for the most forest acres burned, “but we’re already at almost 75,000 acres of forest burned.” He also noted that forest management is often concentrated on forest areas, but “no one’s talking about going out and treating junipers and pinyon pines” in woodland areas.