New PBS Film: Loggers, Environmentalists Work Together To Stop Wildfires

Can private industry and environmentalists come together in the name of profit and protecting nature and communities? A new documentary says the answer is a resounding "yes." The film comes in the wake of multiple devastating fires in California, Oregon, and Washington. It does not include the local Creek Fire —...

Opinion: Wildfire Prevention Deserves Long-Term, Dedicated, Continuous Funding

With every passing year, California continues to shatter records with devastating fire seasons, and 2020 is no exception. This year, the state has lost 4.2 million acres, approximately 9,000 structures, 31 lives, and fire season has not even ended. Gov. Gavin Newsom attributes these wildfires to what he calls “a climate damn...

UN Calls on Humanity to End ‘War on Nature,’ Go Carbon-Free

As an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires and heat waves comes to an end, the head of the United Nations challenged world leaders to make 2021 the year that humanity ends its “war on nature” and commits to a future free of planet-warming carbon pollution. With new reports highlighting 2020’s...

After This Year’s Wildfires, California Must Spend to Manage Forest Health

By Robert Dugan and Jeff Harris, Special to CalMatters The uncontrolled wildfires that raged across California this year devastated lives, homes, forests and entire watersheds. We set a dubious record for most acres burned in a single year: 4.1 million and counting. It takes a long time to recover from such intense fires....

Creek Fire Won’t Get Federal Disaster Aid as Trump Administration Denies State Request

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump's administration this week rejected California’s request for disaster relief funds aimed at cleaning up the damage from six recent wildfires, including the Creek Fire, among the siege of deadly and destructive blazes that have scorched the state. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom formally submitted a...

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