#Burned Out: How B.C. is learning to live with wildfires

#Burned Out: How B.C. is learning to live with wildfires

“Burned Out: How B.C. is learning to live with wildfires” About 40 years ago, the story goes, several Tibetan Buddhist monks declared that they had discovered the centre of the universe in the mountains north of Kamloops, British Columbia. The monks, who visited several times, were reportedly able to identify the spot—a grassy knoll near…

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#Teen saves home after doorbell cam alerts him of wildfire

#Teen saves home after doorbell cam alerts him of wildfire

“Teen saves home after doorbell cam alerts him of wildfire” A family in the Midwest is expressing enormous gratitude for their video doorbell system — which alerted them to a wildfire that began burning right outside their home. Misty Schlake of Gothenberg, Nebraska, downloaded the stunning recording from her Ring Video Doorbell and sent it to…

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#Fighting fire with fire to protect California sequoia trees

#Fighting fire with fire to protect California sequoia trees

“#Fighting fire with fire to protect California sequoia trees” LOS ANGELES — With flames advancing toward the signature grove of ancient massive trees in Sequoia National Park, firefighters on Thursday fought fire with fire. Using firing operations to burn out flammable vegetation and other matter before the wildfire arrives in the Giant Forest is one…

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#Tree planting efforts aren’t replacing burned US forests

#Tree planting efforts aren’t replacing burned US forests

“#Tree planting efforts aren’t replacing burned US forests” DEER LAKE MESA, NM, Sept 9 — Experimental pine seedlings poke from the rocky New Mexico earth, the only living evergreens on a hillside torched by one of the US West’s drought-driven wildfires. These climate-smart sprouts about 30 miles east of Taos are part of a push to increase…

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#California wildfires force closure of national forests

#California wildfires force closure of national forests

“#California wildfires force closure of national forests” PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Millions of acres of national forest in Northern California are being closed because of dangerous fire conditions that already have sent a score of blazes raging through the area and destroyed hundreds of homes. The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday that beginning on Aug. 22…

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#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

“#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West” QUINCY, Calif. — Thousands of homes in Northern California remain threatened by the nation’s largest wildfire as unstable weather creates a high danger of new blazes erupting across the West. Weekend thunderstorms across the northern Sierra didn’t produce much rain, instead whipping up winds and unleashing…

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#Western US wildfires force ‘critical resource limitations’

#Western US wildfires force ‘critical resource limitations’

“#Western US wildfires force ‘critical resource limitations’” The US Forest Service is reaching its breaking point with historic wildfires ravaging large swaths of northern California and 13 other western states. The agency is suffering “critical resources limitations,” deputy forester Anthony Scardina said Friday, with 21,000 federal firefighters battling the blazes, double the number needed at…

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