PG&E to pay $125 million in fines and penalties under Kincade fire settlement
GEYSERVILLE, CALIF. – OCT. 25, 2019. A Calfire vehicle dives past a downed power pole in the Alexander Valley on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. The…
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Matt McCombs Named New Colorado State Forester
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Following a successful national search, Matthew McCombs will take leadership of the Colorado State Forest Service and become Colorado’s new State Forester on Jan. 3, 2022. “The people of Colorado and the millions of Americans that depend on Colorado’s forests deserve leadership and action equivalent to both the splendor of our natural heritage but also…
'There is nothing alive on that tree': Inside a giant sequoia grove scorched by the KNP Complex fire
The Redwood Mountain Grove at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks was devastated by the KNP Complex and Windy Fire.
Santa Anas to serve up gusty Thanksgiving morning, prompting fire, frost concerns
Castaic, CA – APRIL 28: A fire in the Castaic and Valencia area quickly spread to at least 650 acres, triggering mandatory evacuation orders and…
Thanksgiving sides include Santa Ana winds, fire danger and potential power shutoffs
Oxnard, California-Nov. 17, 2021-Jeffrey Meyer, of Salinas, CA, take a break from work to play music on Pacific Coast Highway at Point Mugu, just south…
Wildfires killed thousands of sequoias in southern Sierra Nevada
Nathan Stephenson, Scientist Emeritus, Western Ecological Research Center, speaks to the loss of giant sequoias in the Redwood Mountain Grove at Sequoia and Kings Canyon…
Ex-University Professor Indicted for California Wildland Fire Arson
A federal grand jury in Sacramento Thursday returned a five-count indictment today against Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, of San Jose, charging him with setting fires near the massive Dixie Fire this summer. Prosecutors say some of the fires Maynard set were new fires behind the firefighters fighting the Dixie Fire, which had the potential of trapping firefighters between two…
Wind-Stoked Wildfire Causes Death in Wyoming, Evacuations
CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Wildfires pushed by strong winds forced the evacuation of homes in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado and led to a death in Wyoming, officials said Tuesday. Downed power lines caused a fire near the northern Wyoming community of Clark on Monday night that burned at least two homes and seven outbuildings, said Jerry Parker, the Park…
Pilot Killed Attempting Nighttime Air Drop Fighting Estes Park (CO) Fire
A pilot attempting a first-ever nighttime air drop in Colorado to fight the Kruger Rock wildfire in Estes Park has died. News 9 spoke with the pilot before take off. He was excited to attempt the nighttime drop, after five years of planning, in the hope it would make it possible to fight wildfires from the air 24 hours…
Chief of California’s Wildland Firefighting Agency to Retire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The chief of California’s forestry and wildland firefighting agency announced Monday that he will retire next month after shepherding the state through three historic wildfire seasons, the most recent of which saw two massive blazes span the Sierra Nevada for the first time in recorded history. Thom Porter’s tenure was not without controversy, as when…
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