The Fresno County Sheriff's Office has lifted all of its remaining evacuation orders for the Creek Fire as of Tuesday morning. However, all Sierra National Forest lands in Fresno County remain closed through November 1, 2020. Evacuation orders remain in effect for two zones in Madera County. The fire began September 4...
Ex-Forest Firefighter Says Red Tape for Prevention Work is ‘Daunting’
Adam Hernandez oversaw prescribed fire and fuels management for the Sierra National forest before leaving the U.S. Forest Service last year. He now teaches wildland fire technology at Reedley College and offers a unique perspective into how the USFS was trying to manage the forest before the Creek Fire ravaged...
Sierra Logger Piled up Dead Trees To ‘Show’ Forest Service Severity of Problem
The U.S. Forest Service estimated in early 2018 that more than 147 million trees had died across 9.7 million acres of federal, state, local, and private lands in California during the drought. In the previous two years, federal, state, and local partners had felled 1.5 million dead trees, primarily those...