More than 3 years since Caldor Fire tore through Grizzly Flats, burned trees still pose threat
It has been more than three years since a wind-driven wildfire tore through the Grizzly Flats community in El Dorado County, leveling nearly two-thirds of the houses in the area.
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After the fire: Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger deadly debris flows. A geologist explains how
This fluid can pick up and move large boulders, cars, trees and other debris rapidly downhill. In January 2018, a few weeks after the Thomas fire burned through the hills above Montecito ...
Los Angeles Times24d
Editorial: After the fires, must we get rid of our flammable eucalyptus and palm trees? Maybe not
The Los Angeles Fire Department already has regulations about clearing brush and dead vegetation around a house and trimming trees and shrubs ... creation of what burned. After a deadly 1991 ...
Tree rings and fire scars show fewer forest fires burn in North America today than in the past
Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...
Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds
President Donald Trump’s administration is holding up money for wildfire mitigation projects funded through legislation ...
AZ Central17d
Prescribed burns improve health of Arizona forests, reduce wildfire risks
Officials with the Coconino National Forest conducted prescribed burns near Flagstaff and stated that smoke could be noticeable from Interstate 17. The fire, dubbed the Walker Hill pile burn ...
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Forest owner wants to put burned acreage back into carbon offset market, but critics skeptical
The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon in 2021 burned more than ... Green Diamond forest managers agreed over that timespan that they would allow the trees to live longer and to cut trees down ...