by Web Editor | Aug 21, 2017 | News, News/PR
CAL FIRE recently announced a $4,072,000 California Climate Investment grant award to Pacific Forest Trust for its multi-partner forest health and conservation project that is designed to reduce the likelihood and intensity of fire spreading across the Black Butte and...
by Web Editor | Feb 1, 2017 | News, News/PR
The devastation brought on by the Cerro Grande and Las Conchas wildfires is something no one wants to see repeated. Not only were thousands of acres of forests devastated, watersheds were choked with ash and debris for months afterwards, effecting municipal water...
by Web Editor | Dec 28, 2016 | News, News/PR
There are warning signs that some forests in the western U.S. may have a hard time recovering from the large and intense wildfires that have become more common as the climate warms. After studying 14 burned areas across 10 national forests in California, scientists...
by Web Editor | Dec 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
In the early 1900s, an average forested acre in California supported fewer than 50 or so trees. After a century of efforts to fight wildfires, the average has risen to more than 300 (albeit mostly smaller) trees. Some might reckon such growth wonderful, but it is a...
by Web Editor | Nov 30, 2016 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the U.S. Forest Service has identified an additional 36 million dead trees across California since its last aerial survey in May 2016. This brings the total number of dead trees since 2010 to over 102...