OSU study: Unprecedented combination of weather, drought fueled devastating 2020 wildfires
OSU Fall 2020 wildfire impacts in Oregon were devastating, wide-ranging Estimated 11% of Cascades burned last fall -- and this summer's forecasts look "as bad or worse than last year' CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An unprecedented combination of strong easterly winds and...
Arizona’s 2021 wildfire season expected to have ‘very severe potential’
(Source: WDAM) By KOLD News 13 Staff| March 22, 2021 at 10:22 PM MST - Updated March 22 at 10:22 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Gov. Doug Ducey and fire officials announced Monday that the upcoming wildfire season is expected to be similar to 2020, which...
Opinion: Californians deserve far better wildfire protection from PG&E
A firefighter on scene of the Glass Fire in Calistoga, California, on Oct. 1. California’s record-breaking wildfires have consumed about 1 million acres in just the past month, according to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (Noah Berger/AP)...
In Fire-Prone California, Many Residents Can’t Afford Wildfire Insurance
October 24, 2019 Gireesh ShrimaliPrecourt Scholar at Stanford University Flames from the Carr Fire consume trees near State Highway 299 west of Redding, California. In 2018, a total of 8,527 fires burned 1,893,913 acres, the largest area recorded in a fire season....
Marin Voice: Insurance officials embrace strategies to protect against wildfires
A Marin County firefighter monitors a vegetation burn in San Rafael on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) By REX FRAZIER and MARK SEKTNAN |April 19, 2021 at 12:03 p.m. On the heels of a winter with well...
Drought-plagued California and the western U.S. may see another devastating wildfire season
The drought, which led to the most extreme wildfire season on record in California and Colorado last year, is now worse By Diana Leonard and Becky BolingerApril 10, 2021 at 7:57 a.m. MDT California and the West are falling deeper into drought and, with...
