December 26, 2018 Trump order frees up agencies to apply more effective wildfire strategies The order also calls on federal officials to streamline regulations and permitting processes to allow the harvest of at least 3.8 billion board feet…
December 20, 2018 Investigation uncovers failures at all levels of government in California wildfires Mounting evidence suggest the wildfires were in large part a result of regulatory failure. ProPublica, an investigative outlet based in New York, reviewed records and…
December 6, 2018 CAL FIRE makes deal with inventor of wildfire-smothering substance He said that in the past he has approached U.S. Forest Service (USFS) officials a number of times about the potential of his product…
November 19, 2018 Trump urges “safe forests” in California wildfire assessment “Every year we go through this. We’re going to have safe forests and that’s happening as we speak,” Trump said in response to the…
November 14, 2018 Land management policies, population growth at root of California wildfires Indeed, the latest National Climate Assessment special report found there’s only a “low to medium confidence for a detectable human climate change contribution in…
