by Web Editor | Apr 22, 2016 | News, News/PR
Every few days this spring, another small wildfire breaks out in the Pinelands, a 1.1-million-acre tract in southern New Jersey that spans seven counties and is home to some 500,000 people. So far this year, firefighters have doused the flames before they caused any...
by Web Editor | Apr 18, 2016 | News, News/PR
The Nebraska Forest Service has a new interactive tool that should help improve efforts to fight future wildfires. For just about a month, the agency has been using new computer simulation tables that show how a wildfire in a given area is projected to behave, and how...
by Web Editor | Jan 8, 2016 | News, News/PR
There are few things Democrats and Republicans in Washington can agree upon. One is that the western wildfire problem has gotten out of control. From the overwhelming firefighting costs to the amount of acres at high fire risk due to challenges of drought, insects and...
by Web Editor | Dec 21, 2015 | News, News/PR
The 2015 wildfire season is now the costliest on record, with $1.71 billion spent to fight the blazes, the U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday. The previous record of $1.67 billion, adjusted for inflation, was set in fiscal year 2002, U.S. Department of Agriculture...
by Web Editor | Oct 19, 2015 | News, News/PR
Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster Thursday in Bastrop County outside Austin, where a wildfire destroyed 38 structures, most of them homes, and raced across nearly 4,400 acres, authorities said. The Hidden Pines Fire threatens more than 150 homes,...