by Web Editor | Aug 5, 2016 | News, News/PR
An abandoned, illegal campfire sparked the Soberanes Fire that has scorched more than 67-square miles of Monterey County and killed one person, state fire officials announced Tuesday. The campfire was about 2-feet by 2-feet and burning away from official hiking trails...
by Web Editor | Jun 20, 2016 | News, News/PR
Massive fires that rage through the ponderosa pine forest leave a haunted wasteland in their wake. To find a stunning example, just drive on Forest Road 300 through the blackened scar of the Dude Fire, which charred 30,000 acres and killed six firefighters more than...
by Web Editor | Jun 13, 2016 | News, News/PR
Information released recently by a coalition of conservation organizations revealed six years of impressive results from the federal Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) program. Created in 2010, the program was created to increase the pace of forest...
by Web Editor | Jun 10, 2016 | News, News/PR
Between North Bend and Snoqualmie Pass stands a wide swath of trees – brown on one side, green on the other. Karin Ripley, a forest health scientist with the Washington Department of Natural Resources calls it “red belt.” It’s the result of cold, dry...
by Web Editor | May 2, 2016 | News, News/PR
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) announced the 2016 theme for Arson Awareness Week: Prevent Wildfire Arson—Spread the Facts Not the Fire. USFA and its partners will use the week of May 1 – 7 to focus attention on wildfire arson, particularly in the...
