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Warm, dry conditions mean the potential for significant fires — burning acreage above long-term medians — this month is expected to increase to above normal… Continue Reading High-risk part of fire season arrives in some of West | Research Center | capitalpress.comContinue Reading
The soil in the West is record dry for this time of year. In much of the region, plants that fuel fires are also the… Continue Reading Western wildfire season starting drier than last year | krem.comContinue Reading
After a devastating wildfire season that saw a baby boy die and 1,200 square miles of the state burn, Washington lawmakers are poised to fight… Continue Reading Inside Washington’s $328M push to prevent disastrous wildfires | CrosscutContinue Reading
The Washington Senate has unanimously approved a wildfire prevention and forest health bill. The legislation has several components. One creates a wildfire account into which… Continue Reading Washington Senate Joins House In Passing Forest Health/Wildfire Suppression Bill | Spokane Public RadioContinue Reading
This proviso supports immediate, no-regret restoration actions that help re-establish native flora and support recovery actions for imperiled species like the endangered pygmy rabbit and… Continue Reading Washington’s Sagebrush: A Charred Landscape and a Path Forward | Audubon WashingtonContinue Reading
Washington State University and the state Department of Natural Resources will work together on a free weekend workshop focused on forest health, forestry, wildfire risks… Continue Reading WSU, DNR To Offer Online Forest Owner Class – PNW AG NetworkContinue Reading
Many land managers have increased their use of prescribed fire (that is, controlled burns) to actively manage landscapes that are at higher risk of wildfire.… Continue Reading Latest report on prescribed burning shows an encouraging, upward trend in its utilization nationwide – National Association of State ForestersContinue Reading
The damage caused by wildfires can be devastating, but the smoke from the annually recurring blazes also delivers economic damage to areas that have never… Continue Reading Researchers add up cost of wildfire smoke | Rural Life | capitalpress.comContinue Reading
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved disaster relief requests for nine eastern Washington counties and two Native tribes impacted by summer wildfires. That includes… Continue Reading FEMA Approves Wildfire Aid For Eastern Washington Counties | Spokane Public RadioContinue Reading
Last fall’s wildfires were invoked Friday at a hearing for a new forest health bill in the Washington legislature. The bill is proposed at the… Continue Reading Wildfire And Forest Health Bill Receives Hearing In Washington LegislatureContinue Reading
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