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Forest managers kick prevention early gear wildfire season
2016-04-21 11:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Forest officials are beginning their forest fire preparations early this year to try and head off what they fear will be a bad fire season due to drought and chronically overgrown forests. The US Forest Service's task of putting out the nation's major forest fires has grown exponentially as fires have increased in both size and number. Unable to persuade Congress to increase its budget accordingly, forest officials are instead scheduling their preventative efforts earlier on the calendar. Alaska...
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Merck, employees provide wildfire relief
2016-04-12 17:45:05| Beef
The fires are still smoldering, but the impact will be felt for years to come. read more
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6 Trending Headlines: Wildfire burns Oklahoma, Kansas; PLUS: What vitamins cattle need
2016-03-28 17:26:00| Beef
The Anderson Creek Fire in Oklahoma and Kansas has affected more than 400,000 acres. Read about that and more in this weeks Trending Headlines. read more
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Massive wildfire rips through Congo rainforest logging to blame?
2016-03-24 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In late January and early March, a huge fire ripped through the forests of the Republic of Congo. Satellite data show it totaled more than 15,000 hectares (150 square kilometers), making the fire one of the largest ever observed in Central Africas rainforests. A research organization says El Nio is largely to blame, but that human activities in the region may also have exacerbated the situation. The Congo Basin occupies much of the middle of the African continent, straddling the equator from Gabon...
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Conifer die-off increases threat of wildfire
2016-03-13 00:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Farmingont Daily Times: In the past few years, New Mexico has experienced huge, record-breaking fires in both the Jemez Mountains and the Gila National Forest. Big fires havent hit the Sandia district of the Cibola National Forest to the east of Albuquerque. But thousands of acres of dead conifer trees pose a hazard. Thats because after the trees die and dry out, they provide fuel for wildfires. Silviculturists like the Sandia Districts Shawn Martin practice a specialty within forestry, managing forest health by paying...
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