by Web Editor | Oct 9, 2017 | News, News/PR
Lawmakers from Arkansas to Oregon are pushing for Federal Forest Management changes that they say are designed to prevent wildfires. Other lawmakers are against these changes as they say the legislation is a give away to the timber industry. Supporters of the...
by Web Editor | Oct 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
Cool, damp weather has brought relief from wildfires in the northwestern U.S., northern Idaho and western Montana, but the fall fire season is getting underway in Southern California, forecasters said Sunday. The risk of big wildfires will be above average for...
by Web Editor | Sep 11, 2017 | News, News/PR
As concerns grow over the looming threat of another powerful hurricane churning toward the southern states, members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest have urged their colleagues to turn their attention to the devastation other natural disasters have inflicted on...
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 | Jun 16, 2017 | News, News/PR
Summer wildfires boost air pollution considerably more than previously believed. Naturally burning timber and brush launch what are called fine particles into the air at a rate three times as high as levels noted in emissions inventories at the U.S. Environmental...