BLM Announces Trump Administration Rolls Out Modernized Forest Management Rule - First Revision in Over 35 Years Will Increase Efficiency, Effectiveness of Active Forest Management

The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday released a final rule updating regulations governing the administration of timber sales and forest management decisions which more effectively execute the bureau’s modern watershed and landscape-level land management planning process.

BLM Announces Trump Administration Rolls Out Modernized Forest Management Rule - First Revision in Over 35 Years Will Increase Efficiency, Effectiveness of Active Forest Management

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You're Fertilizing Invasive Grasses With Your Car, Making Wildfires Worse

Among all the usual factors worsening wildfires - climate change, the need to do more prescribed burns, and building homes and infrastructure in places frequented by wildfires - one newly-discovered problem can be added: nitrogen deposition's impact on invasive grasses.

You're Fertilizing Invasive Grasses With Your Car, Making Wildfires Worse

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Evidence from Wildfire Events in the Western United States Reveals Inequalities in Wildfire Management

Recent research finds that some communities benefit more from wildfire management than others, and public agencies respond more vigilantly to hazards that affect whiter, higher-income, and more highly educated communities.

Evidence from Wildfire Events in the Western United States Reveals Inequalities in Wildfire Management

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Prescribed burning in dry ecosystems to reduce emissions

As wildfire activity increases in disparate parts of the globe, including Brazil’s Cerrado, South America’s Chaco, southern Africa’s miombo woodlands and Indochina’s dry forests, prescribed burning is being touted as the best solution to reducing CO2 emissions.

Prescribed burning in dry ecosystems to reduce emissions

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Realtor.com Analysis: Risk of Flood and Wildfire Damage Likely to Impact Home Prices in 2021 and Beyond

Real estate researchers reported that homes in high-risk wildfire areas experienced a sales price growth of 3% less than homes in similar areas with less risk over the past 5 years, even as, nationally, home prices soared in 2020 rising by double-digit percentage growth since August.

Realtor.com Analysis: Risk of Flood and Wildfire Damage Likely to Impact Home Prices in 2021 and Beyond

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Illegal drone flights near wildfires would be studied under John Curtis’s bill

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Aerial Incursion Repercussion Safety Act on Thursday, which seeks to quantify the damage done when people fly drones near wildfires, forcing aerial firefighters to remain grounded.

Illegal drone flights near wildfires would be studied under John Curtis’s bill

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DJI Roundtable Showcases Drones Fighting Wildfires

DJI will host a virtual roundtable on December 14th featuring three firefighting experts to discuss how drones have helped combat wildfires, and what challenges have held back their wider adoption.

DJI Roundtable Showcases Drones Fighting Wildfires

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Western Governors Appeal To Wildland Fire Managers To Prioritize Restoration

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Troy Timmons, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Western Governors Association, discussed a letter the WGA sent to to the co-chairs of the federal Wildland Fire Leadership Council stressing the importance of restoration, pointing out that while federal, state and local agencies come together to fight wildfires, there isn't a collaborative system in place for post-fire response.

Western Governors Appeal To Wildland Fire Managers To Prioritize Restoration

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Can ‘Fire Hardening’ Solve California’s Home Insurance Crisis?

CalMatters took a closer look at how home hardening could help reduce the number of homes lost to wildfires each year in the Golden State, as well as some of the wrangling with insurance companies over insuring such homes.

Can ‘Fire Hardening’ Solve California’s Home Insurance Crisis?

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Butte County Cal Fire preparing for wind event

CAL FIRE's aircraft complement at the Chico Air Attack Base was bolstered by the arrival of more air-tankers from Grass Valley as the agency prepared for a wind event forecast for Butte County today.

Butte County Cal Fire preparing for wind event

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Here's how new heli-hydrants can help firefighters during wildfire season

In October's Blue Ridge Fire, seven homes in Southern California's Yorba Linda area were damaged and one destroyed, but Orange County Fire Authority officials said it could have been much worse without the use of a new facility nearby - a heli-hydrant.

Here's how new heli-hydrants can help firefighters during wildfire season

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After brutal fire season, Fire Safe Council works to restore lands

Two years after the deadly Camp Fire, the Butte County Fire Safe Council is hoping collaboration, home hardening and more fire prevention education will help with early preparations for the 2021 wildfire season in high risk areas.

After brutal fire season, Fire Safe Council works to restore lands

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The year the West was burning: How the 2020 wildfire season got so extreme

A trio of researchers provided some background material on how out-of-control wildfires ravaged the West this year, documenting factors that contributed to the severity of the fire season.

The year the West was burning: How the 2020 wildfire season got so extreme

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U.S. lands lost in severe wildfires rising over decades

A new study by the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station revealed that the land area burned by severe wildfires annually in the West has grown eight times larger in less than four decades.

U.S. lands lost in severe wildfires rising over decades

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