Local experts tackle replanting in Butte Fire footprint

The Calaveras-Amador Forestry Team, a collective of foresters and fire-prevention specialists, plans to replant parts of Calaveras County burned by the Butte Fire in 2015 with conifers to stop conversion of the vegetation from a coniferous forest ecotype to flammable brushland.

Local experts tackle replanting in Butte Fire footprint

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California Seeks Faster Forestry Approvals In Wildfire Fight

As California officials unveiled a new tree-thinning policy that would see half a million acres logged, environmentalists are already threatening lawsuits to block implementation of the plan.

California Seeks Faster Forestry Approvals In Wildfire Fight

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California wildfires: $12.4 billion in insured losses and growing

California's Insurance Commissioner reported that wildfires last year caused at least $12.4 billion in insured losses, $11.4 billion of those losses being caused by the Camp Fire, the Woolsey Fire and the Hill Fire.

California wildfires: $12.4 billion in insured losses and growing

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California utility equipment sparked more than 2,000 fires in over three years

A Los Angeles Times article looks at how equipment owned by California’s three largest utilities ignited more than 2,000 fires in three and a half years that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed dozens of people.

California utility equipment sparked more than 2,000 fires in over three years

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California Utility Regulators Delayed Enforcing 2016 Wildfire Law

Despite passage of Senate Bill 1028 in 2016, which requires Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Southern California Edison to develop and implement annual wildfire mitigation plans, the California Public Utilities Commission failed to direct the utilities to write the required wildfire mitigation and response plans.

California Utility Regulators Delayed Enforcing 2016 Wildfire Law

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PG&E opposes judge's ideas to prevent wildfires

Pacific Gas and Electric protested against a tentative order by a U.S. District Judge to re-inspect all of its electrical grid and remove or trim trees that could fall onto power lines, as well as rating each segment of the grid for safety and supply power only through those lines determined to be safe for the wind conditions at the time.

PG&E opposes judge's ideas to prevent wildfires

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Maps show where wildfires have burned over and over again in LA county

A senior director of product management at Risk Management Solutions, a catastrophe risk modeling company that works for insurance and financial institutions, provided a map of wildfires that have scorched Los Angeles County over the last few decades.

Maps show where wildfires have burned over and over again in LA county

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AZ State Forestry: Wind-driven brush fire north of Prescott burns 300 acres

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management reported that a 300-acre wildfire which is burning north of Prescott was 95% contained as of Monday afternoon.

AZ State Forestry: Wind-driven brush fire north of Prescott burns 300 acres

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The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and CAL FIRE Announce a Plan That Will Increase Vegetation Treatment Projects to Reduce Wildfire Risk

CAL FIRE sent along a press release about an upcoming event in Sacramento on 1/22 which will announce plans to initiate preparation of the new California Vegetation Treatment Program Environmental Impact Report (CalVTP).

The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and CAL FIRE Announce a Plan That Will Increase Vegetation Treatment Projects to Reduce Wildfire Risk

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Public lands commissioner unveils 10-year wildfire plan

Washington state's Public Lands Commissioner unveiled a strategic 10-year wildfire protection plan Thursday in Olympia that calls for significant increases in resources, training, funding and education to tackle a problem only expected to get worse with climate change and additional development in high-risk areas.

Public lands commissioner unveils 10-year wildfire plan

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The Government Shutdown Is Taking a Toll on Wildfire Preparations

Time Magazine provided a comprehensive look at how the federal shutdown is impacting wildfire preparations across the U.S. ahead of fire season.

The Government Shutdown Is Taking a Toll on Wildfire Preparations

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Who you going to call about wildfire smoke?

The Wildfire Forum to be held tomorrow in Medford is the next chapter of the Sept 2018 Smoke & Fire Summit at Southern Oregon University, which has brought together statewide experts to address the strategic, economic, health and climate impacts of wildfires.

Who you going to call about wildfire smoke?

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This East Bay Energy Startup Is Building Microgrids for California’s Fire Stations

As power utilities grapple with the pros and cons of shutting down power during wind events to prevent wildfires, Fremont-based Gridscape Solutions is working with California fire stations to build resilient microgrids that automatically switch to battery and solar power when electrical service is interrupted.

This East Bay Energy Startup Is Building Microgrids for California’s Fire Stations

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PG&E's stock loses half its value after plan to file for bankruptcy

Following the announcement by Pacific Gas & Electric that it intends to file for bankruptcy on January 29 due to potential liabilities resulting from wildfires in 2017 and 2018, the utility's shares plummeted 55% in premarket trading.

PG&E's stock loses half its value after plan to file for bankruptcy

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Shutdown hurts Western wildfire prep

Wildfire experts warned that if the current federal shutdown drags on for several more weeks, federal fire crews won’t be ready for the months ahead, following a 2018 fire season that killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes in California and other western states.

Shutdown hurts Western wildfire prep

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Trump tells FEMA not to send more money to California for forest fires

President Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to withhold funding for California unless the state improves its forest management to prevent wildfires.

Trump tells FEMA not to send more money to California for forest fires

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New Satellite Can Provide Immediate Wildfire Warning. But First the Govt Shutdown Has to End

The full activation of NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-17), which can spot wildfires literally as they are starting, has been delayed due to the current government shutdown.

New Satellite Can Provide Immediate Wildfire Warning. But First the Govt Shutdown Has to End

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Seeking projects to reduce risk of wildfires in neighborhoods

The National Fire Protection Association and State Farm have launched projects that aim to reduce the risk of wildfires in neighborhoods as part of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, which is coming up in May.

Seeking projects to reduce risk of wildfires in neighborhoods

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New Executive Order Could Open Forests In National Parks To Logging

A new executive order directs the Department of the Interior to reduce fuel loads on 750,000 acres of DOI lands, address another 500,000 acres "to protect water quality and mitigate severe flooding and erosion risks arising from forest fires," and treat 750,000 more acres for native and invasive species.

New Executive Order Could Open Forests In National Parks To Logging

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