Since the wildfires on Aug. 8, 2023, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has partnered with county, state, and federal responders to aid in the recovery mission. USACE Sacramento District team members have continued assisting in the cleanup and debris removal process and assisting with the critical public facilities.
More than half of the country’s forestry is in community and Indigenous hands – and from CO2 absorption to reducing poverty the results are impressiveDexter Melchor Matías works in the Zapotec Indigenous town of Ixtlán de Juárez, about 1,600ft (490 metres) above the wide Oaxaca valley in Mexico, where community forestry has become a way of life. Like him, about 10 million people across the country live in and make a living from forests, with half of that population identifying as Indigenous.As...
Insurance industry researchers say part of the solution could come from homeowners taking steps to make their properties more fire-resistant.
Insurance industry researchers say part of the solution could come from homeowners taking steps to make their properties more fire-resistant.
Prince Albert Grand Council and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency have joined forces to fight the prevalence of human caused wildfires and grass fires in northern areas
A bill to help Hawaii electrical utilities pay for statewide wildfire prevention using low-cost financing has been killed at the state Legislature.
Hawaiian Electric said hundreds of millions of dollars will likely be needed for wildfire mitigation work to prevent another wildfire disaster. A measure that would allow HECO to tack on a new fee to customer's monthly bills to pay for those works has fizzled out at the Legislature, but the Governor is trying to keep it alive.
Smoke from wildfires burning across Canada could once again significantly affect air quality in the Northeast this year, according to a brand-new report. AccuWeather long-range forecasters say the 2024 wildfire season is expected to start in June and peak in September. Wildfires in Canada broke records last year, with 45.7 million acres of land burned. AccuWeather's lead long-range forecaster, Paul Pastelok, predicts a near-to-above-historical average number of fires in Canada this year, but...
Forest fire crews are on the scene of a wildfire at Wharton State Forest in South Jersey Wednesday morning. The County Line Wildfire is burning near Waterford Township in Camden County and Shamong Township in Burlington County.Officials say it is currently covering around 100 acres, and is not contained at this time.Jackson Road has been shut down from Tremont Avenue to Atsion Road as crews assess the situation.SKYFOX was live over the fire as plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the...
The European Union endured its joint-hottest year on record in 2023,
The continent, which is warming faster than any other region on the planet,
Today, Mikal Watts, wildlife attorney, held two town hall meetings in Canadian and Fritch for victims of the Panhandle and Smokehouse Creek fires.