BOZEMAN After witnessing the aftermath of the Bridger Foothills Fire first-hand, photographer Jessica Hays was inspired to create a book showing how destructive wildfires can be and the impact of climate change.

The Earth was just completely blackened after the fire, said Jessica Hays, as she showed a photo she took of the fire.

Hays is a lifelong Bozeman resident, teacher at Bozeman High School, and longtime photographer. When I was majoring in photography, I really found my voice, said Hays, who says growing up in Montana led to her interest in photographing nature.

Photographer captures emotional toll of wildfires:

I think my interest in landscape and how it affects us and how we effect it is tied to my upbringing here in Bozeman, in a town thats so connected to the mountains and th

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