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Forecasters predict another sweltering summer. Are we ready?
Alaska Public Radio Network· 7 days agoCities from Chicago to New York to Washington were also blanketed in smoke from Canadian wildfires,...
Delbert Kerr, 84
Coeur d'Alene Press· 3 days agoDelbert “Del” L. Kerr of Hayden, Idaho, passed away peacefully on May 27, 2024. He was born on May 13, 1940, in Outlook, Washington, to Wilbert and Alice...
Drying grasses serve as a fire season warning with little time to spare
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 6 days agoYou don't have to see flames in the hills to know fire season has arrived. You just need to see brown grasses and give you that inner worry about strong winds. The turning point is taking place ...
Agriculture and Interior Departments Invest $2.8 Billion to Protect Public Lands, Support...
USDA· 1 day agoThe Departments of Agriculture and the Interior announced a proposed investment of $2.8 billion in fiscal year 2025 through the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to protect and sustain our ...
California inmates fight wildfires — but if prisons can’t supply enough crews, what’s next?
The Sacramento Bee· 5 days agoCalifornia has long depended on incarcerated people to battle wildfires. Since the end of World War II, the state has relied on inmates to staff its more than 200 “hand crews” deployed each ...
Bitterroot National Forest prescribed burn season ends
NBC Montana· 7 days agoThe Bitterroot National Forest spring prescribed burn season came to a close with 5,300 acres...
Greater number of valley fever cases reported on the Central Coast
Santa Maria Sun· 7 days agoAs captain of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department’s hand crew, Rob Hazard spent more than a week installing hand and bulldozer lines to help suppress the fire. The crew used several bulldozers ...
1,000 emergency information kits going out to all homes in Dawson City, Yukon
CBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCommunication is essential before, during, and after an emergency situation. Knowing who to call, or...
Forest Service prepares for 2024 fire season
Tahoe Daily Tribune· 3 days agoDespite two years of average to above-average precipitation, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Fire Director, Jaime Gamboa, knows just how...
Crews halt wildland fire in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
U-T San Diego· 6 days agoThe blaze off county Highway S-2, near Rainbow Canyon Trailhead, left one person with minor injuries and burned about 185 acres
