Sheri McWhirter - mlive.com Michigan’s forests face increasing wildfire risks as climate change worsens conditions everywhere. MLive recently examined that threat and a somewhat paradoxical environmental solution: experts say more controlled burns are needed to...
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal officials warn could increase the risk of catastrophic...
Hannah Poukish The Sacramento Bee (TNS) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is on the cusp of wildfire season, which experts warn could be worse than usual. “Outlooks for Northern and Southern California both paint a picture of a significant increase — (a) pretty...
Elise Schmelzer - The Denver Post A wildfire prevention bill championed by western U.S. senators — including Colorado’s John Hickenlooper — aims to fast-track some logging projects to reduce fire risk. But several environmental groups say the bill would sideline the...
Alexandra Duggan - The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. May 15—Fuel for chainsaws. Food and water for Pulaski-toting firefighters doing the exhaustive work of digging fire lines. Ample first aid kits with spendy epi-pens in case a wildland firefighter steps on a...
Mark Boswell, C.J. Sinner - Star Tribune Three wildfires in northern Minnesota’s Arrowhead region have grown quickly from a few hundred acres to several thousand, with new evacuations and reports of destroyed buildings increasing by the day. Red flag weather warnings,...
Jim Harlow Star Tribune (TNS) Three wildfires continue to burn and grow across St. Louis County north of Duluth, where more than 40 buildings have been destroyed. A red flag warning was in effect across 65 counties in Minnesota Tuesday morning as hot, dry and windy...
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest and fire officials in...
The family of a helicopter pilot who died when his helicopter crashed in 2020 while fighting a wildfire in Southern California reached a $15 million settlement with the company that maintained the aircraft, their attorneys said.
Isabella Breda - The Seattle Times May 8—CAMP CAMREC, Chelan COUNTY — The last fire to burn this forest was started by drip torches. Fingers of flame ignited the underbrush last fall, clearing fuels that could supercharge a wildfire. In a tour of the burn area last...
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Crews have been fighting at least 16 wildfires throughout North Dakota in the last several days, including several large fires still burning Tuesday across wooded areas and grasslands on the Turtle Mountain...
Martha Quillin - The Herald (Rock Hill, S.C.) (TNS) A wildfire in Brunswick County that started Friday, May 2, is the largest of dozens of fires crews are working to contain across North Carolina. Weekend rains helped with some of the fires, but much of the state...
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