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An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill ...
Introducing Voidling Bound, a new third-person monster-taming action game for PC from a group of ex-Skylanders developers. It ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A bill designed to repeal Oregon’s controversial wildfire hazard map and property regulations connected to it has cleared its committee and is now heading to the Oregon ...
Thousands of acres of land northeast of Mount Sopris will undergo wildfire mitigation treatment and prescribed burns in the late summer and fall, using $1.6 million of funding raised by Roaring Fork ...
One home was lost and 50 people were evacuated after a wildfire broke out in Rockport, Texas, on Wednesday, April 9. Firefighters from 40 agencies arrive to help with control the blaze, dubbed the ...
Thousands of homeowners in Nevada have seen their insurance policies canceled or not-renewed due to wildfire risk, prompting state lawmakers to warn that “a crisis is brewing” and considering ...
The Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaborative is celebrating completion of fire safety and forest health treatment of over 1,000 acres of open space across the South Bay after several years of work.
Wildfire victims have a range of needs, including mental health support and information about wildfire smoke, according to a new study. It's been three months since the start of a devastating ...
The data in the new paper is from the WHAT-Now-CA? wildfire study, a survey collected in the aftermath of a series of Northern California wildfires in 2017. These included the Tubbs Fire ...
The state of California is launching a statewide fire preparedness program centering on two essential strategies: home hardening and defensible space. Creating a five-foot buffer zone of ...
“Many studies have found that fire smoke, like other air pollutants, is associated with increased morbidity and mortality risk,” Nicholas Muller, a professor at Carnegie Mellon ...
BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING THE MEETING, AND IT WILL INCLUDE TIPS ON CREATING DEFENSIBLE SPACE TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK, PLANNING FOR EVACUATIONS, AND HOW TO ...