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Drop in state funding for WA’s work to prevent severe wildfires is stoking concerns

  • Emily Fitzgerald

If state funding for forest health and wildfire prevention isn’t ramped back up in the next legislative session, it could hinder efforts to prevent severe fires in the coming years, Washington’s top public lands official and others warned this week. The state Legislature approved House Bill 1168 in 2021, which committed $500 million over eight […]

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CA data: Just one Palisades brush clearance before fire

  • By Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square
  • Updated

(The Center Square) — State data shows the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention carried out only one brush clearance operation in the Pacific Palisades before the deadly Palisades Fire killed 12 Americans and destroyed 6,837 structures, highlighting the state’s slow progress in forest management. 

Wings on the River: How does smoke affect birds?
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Wings on the River: How does smoke affect birds?

  • By Flora Martin Gibson
  • Updated

In 2020, I watched swallows curling in low flight, as they do before a rainstorm. The air was stagnant, dry, smoke-brown; the sun a pale yellow disk. Wildfires were burning almost 21,000 acres in the United States, mostly in Oregon, Washington and California.

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DNR planning prescribed burn in Klickitat Co.

  • The Washington State Department of Natural Resources
  • Updated

GLENWOOD — A prescribed fire operation to reduce wildfire risk and restore forest health near Glenwood may begin as soon as Monday, May 5.

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Wasco Co. debris burn ban lifted Saturday

  • By Stephanie Krell Wasco County Information Officer
  • Updated

WASCO CO. — With the upcoming forecasted cool wet weather, local Fire Districts, Wasco County, and Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) have agreed to lift the seasonal burn ban Oct. 19 at 12:01 a.m.

Wasco Co. debris burn ban lifted Oct. 19
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Wasco Co. debris burn ban lifted Oct. 19

  • By Stephanie Krell Wasco County public information officer
  • Updated

WASCO CO. — With the upcoming forecasted cool wet weather, local Fire Districts, Wasco County, and Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) have ag…