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A push to thin forests to curb wildfires By Dave Moller Senior Staff Writer The Nevada County supervisors will be asked Tuesday to send a letter to Rep. Tom McClintock asking him to continue to push a bill to thin California's forests to protect them from runaway wildfire. The county has 218,000 acres of federal land that are "at least 10 times as dense as their historic structure, choked with ...
LOS ANGELES - Bobby Wright thought he had buried Smoky.The U.S. Forest Service worker had watched helplessly as a frenzied, massive forest fire turned toward the trailer where he lived with Smoky, a 6-month-old mutt, 20 other dogs and a rabbit named Bernie...
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has awarded a $6,283 grant to pay for forage and grass seed to replant 287 acres of private lands burned in the Deer Ridge and Siskiyou wildfires in Jackson County.
As South Florida's dry season begins, firefighters with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue urged residents to take precautions against wildfires.
As global warming makes wildfires more likely, scientists are trying to learn how bad the smoke is for the health of people who live downwind.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A wildfire was still burning Tuesday in a remote area of Volusia County. The fire is burning near I-95 and the Brevard County line. There is no way for fire crews to get to the flames, so they are just letting it burn down.
Dry, mild conditions will continue through the weekend, with the main concern wildfire potential because of a combination of those dry conditions and gusty winds exceeding 30 miles an hour at times, National Weather Service forecasters say.
The U-Haul Companies of Los Angeles-- East, Orange County and San Bernardino are offering 30 days of free storage to California residents who have been evacuated or need to move their belongings away from areas affected by wildfires.
Patricia Greely, the chairperson of the town forest committee, is urging residents to contact state politicians to help stop the possible elimination of forest fire patrolmen who work for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Bureau of Forest Fire Control. The Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control may have to eliminate positions if the proposed cuts to the state budget ...
Police are asking for the public's help in updating Gladstone's plan for natural disasters. The plan update will cover how the city would address flooding, wildfires, earthquakes, severe storms, landslides, volcanic eruptions and combination disasters.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County has produced a video about what has changed since the wildfires of 2003 and 2007. The video was shown at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday.
