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Preventing Urban Wildfire Video

2015-05-11 19:33:31| PortlandOnline

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Wildfire Hazard Zone Map

2015-05-07 23:16:37| PortlandOnline

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Intense Wildfire Season Expected in West

2015-05-05 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Amid one the West's worst droughts in centuries, more than 5,600 wildfires scorched more than 600,000 acres last year in California alone. It could happen again. With drought showing signs of worsening across the West and Upper Midwest, the Forest Service anticipates that it may spend up to $1.6 billion fighting wildfires in 2015, in a fire season that is expected to be worse than normal. "We anticipate another active fire year, underscoring the need to reform our wildfire funding,' U.S....

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Epic Drought Brings Fear Worst Wildfire Season Yet

2015-05-04 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The firefighters are primed, hoses at the ready. May and June are often the peak months for forest fires in the southwest of the U.S., and the outlook for this year is grim. I wish I could have some hope, says Dr Wally Covington, director of the Ecological Restoration Institute at North Arizona University. Its just a terrible situation in southern California. Covington, an internationally recognized expert on forest restoration, says a prolonged drought, higher temperatures and stronger...

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California wildfire conditions are a recipe for disaster

2015-05-01 00:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: On Monday, 200 firefighters evacuated an upscale residential neighborhood in Los Angeles as they responded to a wildfire that had just broken out in the nearby hills. Ninety minutes later, the fire was out, with no damage done. But if that battle was a relatively easy win, it belied a much more difficult war ahead for a state devastated by drought. California is in the midst of one of its worst droughts on record, so bad that earlier this month Gov. Jerry Brown took the unprecedented step of ordering...

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