Forest Service using the threat of wildfires to meet timber targets
The agency has sought to minimize environmental oversight, and critics say the agency also has become incentivized to cut ...
Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funding.
The decision undermines Trump’s repeated insistence that communities need to clear combustible materials like fallen branches ...
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Maine train derailment that led to injuries and forest fire was caused by beaver dam, officials say
SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and ...
Trump’s DOGE fires thousands more federal employees; president orders end to school Covid-19 vaccine mandates: Live
Veterans Affairs lets go of 1,000 employees as Trump and Musk push cost-cutting plan into overdrive: Live - President and ...
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Conservation X Labs announces 24 technical semi-finalists for its Fire Grand Challenge
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-four innovations in fire management have been selected as semi-finalists with a chance of winning a share of over $1,000,000 as part of the ...
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Oregon saw a record wildfire season in 2024. Now, senators warn fire mitigation is at risk
Months after Oregon’s historic wildfire season burned nearly two million acres of land, destroyed dozens of homes, and ...
Rep. Kevin Kiley: California’s water, forest managment policies ‘misguided’
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) joined Inside California Politics to discuss Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to Washington D.C. where he ...
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Wildfire protection plan in Whatcom still lacking, county just starting process
The Whatcom County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan does include a section on wildland fire and the county adopted a wildland fire-specific action plan in November 2023. But Whatcom County is still ...