Search for remains in California's deadliest wildfire officially ends

The Butte County Sheriff's Department said that the death toll remains at 88 for the Camp Fire, as search and recovery teams finished combing through the ruins of approximately 18,000 homes and other buildings leveled by the blaze.

Search for remains in California's deadliest wildfire officially ends

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How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem

In a Wired Magazine article, a number of researchers discussed how supercomputers may hold the key to understanding all the factors that go into worsening wildfires across the West.

How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem

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Climate Change Is Fueling Wildfires Nationwide, New Report Warns

The New York Times takes a closer look at what a the latest climate change assessment released by the Trump Administration means for much of the U.S. in regards to wildfires.

Climate Change Is Fueling Wildfires Nationwide, New Report Warns

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Other voices: Changes needed to lessen wildfire risk

With a study from Cornell University, the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies predicting that the U.S. Southwest has a 99% chance of a mega-drought lasting decades, officials worry that the devastation wrought by the fall wildfires could be eclipsed by future blazes.

Other voices: Changes needed to lessen wildfire risk

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Solving the wildfire crisis requires free-market solutions

An attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation, who is also a research fellow with the Property and Environment Research Center, discussed taking on the bureaucracy and litigation that too often hamstrings forest managers’ ability to do what’s best to prevent wildfires from impacting forests and nearby communities.

Solving the wildfire crisis requires free-market solutions

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on the California wildfires, where about 1,606 firefighters continued to work towards full containment of the Camp Fire, which, along with the Hill and Woolsey Fires, have blackened 254,816 acres and destroyed an estimated 20,391 structures.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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Wildfire recovery is possible — for some Westerners

With more people wanting to live in wildfire-prone areas in the West, the risk they face is more than just a matter of fuel loads, lightning frequency, and forest types.

Wildfire recovery is possible — for some Westerners

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on wildfire activity in the Golden State, where about 4,000 firefighters, supported by 8 helicopters and a number of air-tankers, are battling two large wildfires that have burned more than 250,280 acres and destroyed about 20,074 structures.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on wildfire activity in the Golden State, where about 5,000 firefighters, supported by 17 helicopters and numerous air-tankers, are still battling two large wildfires that have burned more than 248,300 acres and destroyed an estimated 18,657 structures.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on wildfire activity in the Golden State, where about 6,400 firefighters, supported by 34 helicopters and numerous air-tankers, continued to battle two large wildfires that have burned more than 247,949 acres and destroyed an estimated 17,350 structures.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on wildfire activity in the Golden State, where about 9,000 firefighters, supported by 40 helicopters and numerous air-tankers, continued to battle wildfires that have blackened over 240,362 acres and destroyed an estimated 12,872 structures.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on wildfire activity in the Golden State, where more than 9,400 firefighters, supported by 46 helicopters and numerous air-tankers, continued to battle wildfires that have blackened over 242,893 acres and destroyed an estimated 10,821 structures.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on three major wildfires still burning across the Golden State, where over 9,300 firefighters, supported by 45 helicopters and a number of air-tankers, continue to battle the blazes.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on three major wildfires still burning across the Golden State, where more than 8,700 firefighters, supported by 43 helicopters and numerous air-tankers, continue to battle the blazes.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on three major wildfires currently burning in the Golden State which are being fought by about 8,000 personnel, supported by 48 helicopters and numerous air-tankers.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

CAL FIRE sent along an update on four major wildfires currently burning in the Golden State.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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Butte fire grows to 18,000 acres as residents abandon cars to flee on foot

CAL FIRE’s Butte Unit reported that an 18,000-acre wildfire in Butte County forced the evacuation of 26,000 people from the town of Paradise Thursday afternoon, propelled by winds of up to 50 mph.

Butte fire grows to 18,000 acres as residents abandon cars to flee on foot

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‘Entering Burn Area’: Yosemite After the Fire

A New York Times article takes a closer look at the slow recovery of Yosemite National Park following the 96,901-acre Ferguson Fire this past summer.

‘Entering Burn Area’: Yosemite After the Fire

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CA Pols Put Mobile Carrier on Hot Seat

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors held a special session Wednesday to get answers from Verizon about why fire crews had their mobile data speeds throttled as they battled the Mendocino Complex Fire this summer.

CA Pols Put Mobile Carrier on Hot Seat

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Start-up Blue Forest secures funding for first privately financed forest fire bond

Workers will cut down small trees and burn off undergrowth across 5,000 acres of the Tahoe National Forest next year when the first forestry project financed with a forest-resilience bond gets underway.

Start-up Blue Forest secures funding for first privately financed forest fire bond

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