by Web Editor | Dec 13, 2017 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service announced that an additional 27 million trees, mostly conifers, died throughout California since November 2016, bringing the total number of trees that have died due to drought and bark beetles to an historic 129 million on 8.9 million acres....
by Web Editor | Oct 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
Cool, damp weather has brought relief from wildfires in the northwestern U.S., northern Idaho and western Montana, but the fall fire season is getting underway in Southern California, forecasters said Sunday. The risk of big wildfires will be above average for...
by Web Editor | Nov 30, 2016 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the U.S. Forest Service has identified an additional 36 million dead trees across California since its last aerial survey in May 2016. This brings the total number of dead trees since 2010 to over 102...
by Web Editor | Feb 24, 2016 | News, News/PR
Forests nationwide are feeling the heat from increasing drought and climate change, according to a new study by scientists from 14 research institutions. “Over the last two decades, warming temperatures and variable precipitation have increased the severity of...
by Web Editor | Jan 7, 2013 | News, News/PR
New Mexico firefighters are preparing for another dangerous and devastating fire season, now that the federal government’s long range forecast is calling for another warm, dry spring. It’s now been three years of severe drought for most of the state and...