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California legislature weighs fire tax again

Financing the costs of fighting California’s wildfires and other disasters through a new property levy is back before the legislature – the third time in as many years that lawmakers have considered, and rejected, the controversial proposal.

2:15 pm March 5, 2010 | | RSS 2.0 |
March 5, 2010

Computer science aids wildfire fighters on the ground

Innovative computer mapping tools and airborne imaging techniques can penetrate dense smoke and offer views of emerging dangers that firefighters lack on the ground. Yet research scientists' efforts to better understand fire spread and to create accurate predictive computer programs are often stymied by funding droughts. Duringactive fire seasons, research budgets quickly feel the pinch. Read more from a series of articles about wildfire technology in the science-focused magazine Miller-McCune.

11:00 am February 3, 2010 | | RSS 2.0 |
February 3, 2010

NASF Fire Committee Chair Vicki Christiansen interviewed on FLAME Act

NASF Fire Committee Chair and Arizona State Forester Vicki Christiansen was interviewed by Oregon Public Broadcasting last week about the recently passed FLAME Act.
12:37 pm November 16, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
November 16, 2009

Scientists study ecology after Station fire in Los Angeles

A multiagency team of state and federal forest and wildlife representatives are studying the environmental aftermath of the changing burn pattern that has resulted from increasing frequency and size of fires.
10:26 am October 7, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
October 7, 2009

Joint Fire Science Program requests research, synthesis and new science proposals

The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) has released three announcements requesting grant proposals on Wildland Fire Research, Synthesis of Existing Knowledge, and New Science Initiative focused on Social Science. Full details and instructions on preparing proposals are available at http://www.firescience.gov. The JFSP provides funding for scientific studies to address problems associated with managing wildland fuels, fires, and fire-impacted ecosystems.

10:47 am September 30, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
September 30, 2009

Drought adds to wildfire threat and damage in CA

Though this year's fire season in California hasn't yet reached the level of destruction of the past two years, that could change soon. A prolonged drought, which is drying up vegetation and fueling a seemingly endless fire that has burned more than 250 square miles of Los Angeles County, could be the start of a fall siege in Southern California. "You can have a fire go through the same area, and the damage to a forest is always more significant in drought years," says Del Walters, CA State Forester and director of CalFire.
8:09 am September 10, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
September 10, 2009

States send firefighting resources to aid in several wildfires

Several states are sending crews to assist the raging wildfires in California and Texas:

8:00 am September 4, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
September 4, 2009

Wildfires: should property owners and the private sector have a bigger role?

A point-counter point discussion in the Los Angeles Times looks at the role of the private sector and the responsibility of property owners in wildfire protection in a cash-strapped state like California.
7:37 am September 3, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
September 3, 2009

Texas drought produces long, busy fire season

David Frederick, fire director for the Southern Group of State Foresters, reports that south Texas is currently about a week away from setting an all time record for number of days since significant rain resulting in  extremely high fire danger. A recent USA Today article discusses the state's long drought and busy fire season.
11:43 am August 21, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
August 21, 2009

Intense fire season predicted for the West

Forest Service researchers are predicting a hot, dry and a bad fire year for much of the West. Higher-than-normal fire levels are expected in most of Texas, the Southwest, California and the Pacific Northwest this year, with huge fires projected for much of Northern California and the Sierra Nevada range.
6:16 am July 31, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
July 31, 2009