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More than half of rural California now ranks 'very high' for wildfire hazard
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFirefighters watch a helicopter battle the Dixie fire in August 2021. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles...
California spends billions rebuilding burned towns. The case for calling it quits
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCathy Buchanan holds a handmade sign at the start of the traditional Gold Diggers Day parade in...
In the ashes of a devastating Sierra fire, a flower farm blooms
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKjessie Essue works in her flower garden in Taylorsville, Calif. Essue and her family were kept away...
Every burned town is tragic. But Newsom needs to lead with science, not sentiment
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn American flag is placed on a burned fire engine at a burned fire station in downtown Greenville...
What is the biggest fire to burn in the US? The answer requires a journey through history.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEvidence found at the heart of centuries-old trees, in the stories of Indigenous peoples and...
How climate change is destroying the 'Wild' experience of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Carolyn Burkhart walked from Mexico to Canada 46 years ago, she pieced together her route along...
'We have to remake ourselves': Can a new trail help revive this crest of the Sierra?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTrail boss Henry O'Donnell helps level a new section of the Lost Sierra Route, a 600-mile complex of...
Column: California wildfires to Florida hurricanes, how the rich game climate change
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBoats are stacked up at the Port Sanibel Marina in Fort Myers, Fla., on Sept. 29. (Steve Helber /...
Fire consuming more of world’s forests, threatening wood, paper supplies
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA third of the world's forests are cut for timber. This generates $1.5 trillion annually. But...
Students at rural community college can earn a bachelor’s and help prevent wildfires
The Salinas Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn California’s far northeast Plumas County, community college students will soon have a rare...