Trees cut to save butterflies Oct 20, 2009
The dead trees increase the risk of forest fires, exacerbating the problem. Bark beetles have long been present in the reserve monarch reserve, usually attacking a few trees in the driest months of early spring, before heavy seasonal rains that normally start in May. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
* World News Quick Take Oct 20, 2009
Householders in Rockhampton on the east coast were yesterday warned to leave or prepare to fight the forest fires bearing down on them. Up to 200 houses are at risk as high winds drive the flames closer to outlying suburbs of the Queensland city. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bloggers' challenge: Will you make any effort to limit your contribution to air pollution this winter? Oct 18, 2009
Sources of fine particles include all types of combustion, motor vehicles, power plants, residential wood burning, forest fires, agricultural burning, and some industrial processes. According to the EPA, PM exposure can lead to a variety of health effects. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Prescribed burns to tame future fires Oct 14, 2009
FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Division of Forestry is working on four prescribed burns to keep a handle on next year's forest fires ... FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Division of Forestry is working on four prescribed burns to keep a handle on next year's forest fires. (Juneau Empire)
World's Biggest Snake Lived in 1st "Modern" Rain Forest Oct 14, 2009
Such an impact could have triggered forest fires and worldwide climate change. (Related: ). (National Geographic)
Weather Patterns Confirm Climate Ch... Oct 13, 2009
Precipitation decreases are occurring in the summer and fall in the Southwest, hence the increase in number and intensity of forest fires. Northern areas are experiencing more precipitation as rain rather than snow, leading to a decrease in leisure activities such as skiing. (Suite101.com)
Satellite Data Instrumental In Combating Desertification Oct 13, 2009
22, 2004) The severe droughts and forest fires of recent years underline Mediterranean Europe's continuing vulnerability to desertification 300 000 square kilometres of territory are currently. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Prescribed burns reduce fire danger Oct 13, 2009
This summer's forest fires are out, but the prescribed burns are an effort to keep future fires at a minimum. The Alaska Division of Forestry is working on controlled burns in the Goldstream and Murphy Dome areas as part of an effort to reduce fire risk around populated areas near Fairbanks. (Juneau Empire)
Greek bid to keep bears 'wild' Oct 12, 2009
Forest fires have made many bears homeless and the story of one small family has become a cause celebre. Malcolm Brabant reports from Northern Greece. (BBC News -- Science)
Smog spreads in South East Asia Oct 9, 2009
Blazing forest fires in Indonesia are sending smog across the skies in South East Asia. Almost 10 years ago, similar smog cost Asian economies billions of dollars in lost revenue. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Keynotes for Oct. 8 Oct 9, 2009
DONATE SAFETY SIGN- Hudson couple Tom Dionis and Nettie George, also of Newfield, N.H., have donated a Prevent Forest Fires sign to the town of Newfield, and it was erected earlier this month on Route 11 in front of the Newfield Public Safety Building ... Grateful for the town s emergency assistance, they checked with Fire Chief Dave Neville and he decided they could replace the current dilapidated Prevent Forest Fires sign. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Reliving the past solo Oct 5, 2009
I had to get to 12,000 feet because of forest fires, he said. Smoke was just billowing across the Cascade Mountains. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
Park, North Fork fires cloud Cody skies Oct 4, 2009
" the animals and aviary have had to deal with natural forest fires long before we showed up. They can deal with it. Too bad people can't. ". justthinkaboutit wrote on Sep 29, 2009 9:04 AM:" Jodie...you should look into fire ecology and the reasons why fire is 100% necessary. By using the phrase "Let it Burn" shows me that you know nothing about the science of fire. I suggest you keep your 2 cents and use them to take a class/buy a book on fire ecology! ...and then check your own head! ". (Cody Enterprise, WY)
September revenues fall $243m below state estimates Oct 3, 2009
Budget cuts affect state s ability to fight forest fires. B4. (Boston Globe)
State forest fire bureau bracing for cutback, layoffs Oct 3, 2009
Steep budget cuts at the Department of Conservation and Recreation will reduce the state s ability to fight forest fires, fire officials across the state said yesterday ... He said the cuts also mean the state will have fewer programs to teach residents how to avoid forest fires and fewer programs to train firefighters how to respond to forest fires ... Annear said the cuts mean the state will have about one fire official in each of its 14 districts trained in fighting forest fires. (Boston Globe)
Ellensburg Film Festival film looks at WWII balloon bombs Oct 3, 2009
They had hoped these balloon bombs would start massive forest fires on the western coast of U.S. so the military would be diverted and called back home. They also wanted to cause mass hysteria. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
YNP road open daily for short periods Oct 3, 2009
Both forest fires and snowfall are having an impact on Yellowstone Park roads this week. Snowing, blowing and drifting snow on Dunraven Pass between Tower and Canyon prevented the road from being plowed Thursday. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Don't miss special effects of the harvest moon Oct 2, 2009
When is low in the sky, it is also strongly subject to appearing yellow, orange, or red due to air pollution, particularly caused by forest fires this time of year. So we have a low moon, in your face, artificially enlarged, and often brightly colored: the famous harvest moon. (MSNBC -- Technology)
We can go green if we try hard enough Oct 2, 2009
Today, he is a board member of Conservation International, which has adopted part of the forest in a neighbouring country where peat and forest fires has choked us for many years. The adoption has paved the way for reforestation, conservation and sustainability in that country. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
PAUL KRUGMAN: Ignoring climate change Sep 30, 2009
Why we have forest fires. California Congresswoman Linda Sanchez blames global warming for our state s wildfires, echoing the Gore doctrine that almost all natural disasters, including hurricanes, are contributed to by global warming. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Guest opinion: Why grizzlies still need our protection Sep 30, 2009
The forests are declining because of pine beetles, increased forest fires, blister rust on trees and climate change. While suitable habitat shrinks, bark beetles thriving due to milder winters have painted much of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem's whitebark pine red and brown, with no end in sight. (Montana Standard, MT)
MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Area susceptible to wildfires Best bets for the weekend Food hero serving up Sep 26, 2009
Susceptible to wildfires: The wildfire season for Southern Oregon and Northern California will wrap up in the coming weeks, but forestry officials said area residents still need to be cautious and alert for forest fires. Best bets for the weekend: Singer Phil Vassar at the Ross Ragland Theater, a play at the Linkville Playhouse, a tea and quilt exhibition at the Baldwin Hotel Museum and the National Sheepdog Finals are just a few of the events offered this week in the Basin. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
In a haze, Indonesia slows deforestation Sep 26, 2009
With the El Nino effect signaling a long dry season and smoke from forest fires already causing airport and school closures across the island, as well as air quality complaints from neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, it once seemed this annual rite would end only after every last hectare of Asia's largest remaining rainforest was slashed and burned. But cutting through the fog of this war against nature, the truth is that once rapid deforestation is slowing in parts of Indonesia, including in... (Asia Times Online)
Bill change cuts wildfire-fighting funds for D.C. Sep 26, 2009
"That's money that's absolutely needed in dealing with forest fires which are spreading around the West," he said. However, Steve Coleman, executive director of Washington Parks & People, a D.C-based non-profit group that would have received about $2. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Plants' response to fire tested Sep 25, 2009
A group of researchers from the Forest Fires Laboratory (CIFOR-INIA) has applied a "mass loss calorimeter" a device used to study how construction materials respond to fire to forestry samples ... The research has been published recently in the Journal of Fire Sciences and has been carried out as part of the EU's Sixth Framework Program FIRE PARADOX project, which is backing the development of new methods to prevent and extinguish forest fires using "innovative and integrated" approaches. (EurekAlert!)
Smoke to linger today Sep 25, 2009
The wildfire season for Southern Oregon and Northern California will wrap up in the coming weeks, but forestry officials said area residents still need to be cautious and alert for forest fires. Officials with the Oregon Department of Forestry and Fremont-Winema National Forests said it has been a quiet season thus far, while a California state forestry official said Siskiyou County had an average year when it comes to number of fires and acreage burned. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
China May Like Palin More Than Top Asian Lender Sep 24, 2009
Bushs successor, , has so many forest fires to put out that he will scarcely have a moment to look ahead and prepare the nation for the decade ahead. Its dawning on Asia, too, that the 2000s were a time of missed opportunities. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Grizzly bears like these in Yellowstone Park are now re-listed as a threatened species because of a Montana judges decision Monday. (Yellowstone Park photo) Sep 24, 2009
Molloy cited as a key factor in his decision the decline of whitebark pine, which has suffered widespread damage from forest fires, pine beetles and other factors researchers say are exacerbated by a warming climate. Government researchers have made similar links. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Activist's 350-mile trek highlights climate change (7) Sep 23, 2009
Oregon faces catastrophic forest fires and summer droughts, because of reduced runoff from glaciers that won t exist anymore, Carver warned. If we don t reduce emissions in the next two to three decades dramatically, we will likely lock in six feet of sea level rise per century for the next thousand years. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Yellowstone grizzlies regain protections Sep 22, 2009
Among other factors, he cited a decline in whitebark pine trees - a key food source for many bears that has been disrupted by climate change, forest fires, and other factors. Government researchers have made similar links, but that research was downplayed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in its 2007 decision. (Boston Globe)
Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame Announces 2009 Inductees Sep 22, 2009
" (Wendy's) "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" (United Negro College Fund) and "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" (Almond Joy/Mounds). 2009 Slogan Nominees: "All the news that's fit to print" (The New York Times), Because Your Worth It (L'Oreal), Eat Fresh (Subway), Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk (U.S. Department of Transportation), Give a Hoot. Don't Pollute (USDA Forest Service), Got Milk? (California Milk Process Board), Have It Your Way (Burger King), Ideas for... (PR Newswire)
Judge: Yellowstone grizzlies need protection Sep 22, 2009
Molloy cited as a key factor in his decision the decline of whitebark pine, which has suffered widespread damage from forest fires, pine beetles and other factors that researchers say are exacerbated by a warming climate. Government researchers have made similar links. (MSNBC -- Environment)
World's river deltas sinking due to human activity, says new study led by CU-Boulder Sep 21, 2009
"The CSDMS effort will give us a better understanding of Earth and allow us to make better predictions about areas at risk to phenomena like deforestation, forest fires, land-use changes and the impacts of climate change.". . (EurekAlert!)
Angeles Nat'l Forest Fires Spur Phase II of the CA Wildfire Restoration Initiative Sep 18, 2009
Text hiding to spacing. TreePeople and partners prepare for reforestation in fire-devastated national parks. (PR Newswire)
Rwanda: A Climate Smart Future [editorial] Sep 18, 2009
As the planet warms, rainfall patterns shift, and extreme events such as droughts, floods, and forest fires become more frequent. Millions in densely populated coastal areas and in island nations will lose their homes as the sea level rises. (allAfrica.com)
Tanker Plane Shows Wildfire Fighting Ability Sep 18, 2009
It's a Canadair CL-415, designed to fight big forest fires ... Betty Little said, "You never know when you're gong to need something like this. And this is basically, this compact is a mutual aid for forest fires.". (WCAX.com, VT)
Beetles devour trees on Casper Mountain Sep 17, 2009
"Once the trees fall, they provide more jackpots for forest fires to ignite, and of course you have more 'down woody fuel,'" Koch said. "People need to clear out the fuel and excess growth creating fire hazards. People are going to have to be more wary of the beetle kill and the relationship to fire.". (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Great Lakes Cleanup Could Take 77 Years Sep 16, 2009
t Have: Earth Quakes Tidal Waves Forest Fires Floods Mud Slides Hurricanes Draughts Volcanoes 100 Degree Heat Many Tornadoes Alligators or Crocodiles Sharks Jellyfish Poisonous Snakes Poisonous Lizards Scorpions Killer Bees or Giant Cockroaches. Our most dangerous critter is the Mosquito. (CBS News)
Why yes, electricity does grow on trees sort of Sep 16, 2009
While Parviz admits that tree power isnt as practical as, say, , he thinks the system could be scaled-up as a low-cost option for powering tree sensors that help detect environmental conditions or forest fires. Using the electronic output to keep track of a tree's health is another possibility. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Why we have forest fires Sep 15, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Political Grapevine Sep 12, 2009
Even though Californians have been battling raging forest fires, it is Washington, D.C., that will receive millions of stimulus dollars allocated for forest firefighting. The Washington Times reports the Forest Service has announced it will spend $2. (Fox News)
World War II Wings in the Wind Sep 11, 2009
After performing a variety of missions for the military, it was acquired by the Aero Union Corp. of Chico in 1959, flying thousands of sorties against forest fires throughout the country as a civilian aircraft. In 1978, the aircraft was donated to the newly formed Arizona Wing of the CAF. The volunteer organization worked to restore the bomber to its current condition and returns it to its home at Falcon Field in Mesa, Ariz. (Modesto Bee, CA)
65 years in the Basin Sep 11, 2009
and being sent on forest fires. They just loaded us up and dumped us off, Terry remembers. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Special report: A golden chance for Indonesia Sep 11, 2009
And as another El Ni;o weather pattern takes hold, choking smog caused by forest fires is already smothering parts of Sumatra, drawing attention to Indonesia s role as the world s third-largest emitter of carbon. Causes for hope. (The Economist)
Electrical Circuit Runs Off Power In Trees Sep 9, 2009
But the system could provide a low-cost option for powering tree sensors that might be used to detect environmental conditions or forest fires. The electronic output could also be used to gauge a tree's health. (Science Daily)
The Age Of Megafires Sep 8, 2009
Global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West. Scott Pelley goes to the fire line to report. (CBS News)
* The meltdown on Greenland Sep 6, 2009
Another example of these dynamic effects is when the ice sheet melts to expose dirty layers of old snow laced with black carbon from forest fires and even cosmic dust. These dark particles absorb more heat and so further speed up the melt. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Yarbrough: Upcoming safety drill vitally important Sep 5, 2009
"We have chosen this time of year, not only because of the high awareness of the 9/11 attacks," Pagano says, "but because it is also during this time of year that we have a greater likelihood of natural disasters like hurricanes and forest fires, as well as the possibilities of pandemic influenza.". I've known Pagano since he was a college intern at Southern Bell in the 1970s. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Jackson's Funeral: Family and Friends Say Goodbye Sep 5, 2009
A "Thriller"-esque moon tinted orange by smoke from the nearby forest fires added to the dramatic backdrop. The specially built stage was adorned with six large bouquets of white lilies, white roses and green topiaries. (Time.com)
Who Named the Station Fire? Sep 4, 2009
In California, some prisoners get transferred to a system of "conservation camps," where more than 4,000 inmates are housed and trained to fight forest fires. According to the Department of Corrections, "assignment to a conservation camp is a hard-won privilege" and provides the opportunity for prisoners to live without gun towers or security fences and to reduce the duration of their sentences by as much as two-thirds. (Slate)
Socialist hope Sep 4, 2009
The recent forest fires have reinforced a sense of drift; local mayors were quick to blame the government for not reacting faster. Yet, despite popular dissatisfaction with New Democracy, the polls suggest that Pasok may not win an outright majority in the 300-seat parliament. (The Economist)
Raging Fire Threatens Mount Wilson Sep 3, 2009
Includes late updates. While nothing is ever guaranteed in fires like this. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Battling Portugal's wildfires Sep 3, 2009
The central region of Guarda and the northern region of Vila Real have both been hit by forest fires. SEE ALSO. (BBC News -- Europe)
The Dramatic Rise in Western Forest Fires: Is Climate Change to Blame? Sep 3, 2009
The Dramatic Rise in Western Forest Fires: Is Climate Change to Blame ... The Dramatic Rise in Western Forest Fires: Is Climate Change to Blame ... That was clear last night from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS when Climate Central, an emerging authority on global warming, explored the dramatic increase in forest fires in Washington State over the past few decades. (PR Newswire)
Green.view: Not as fragile as they look Sep 1, 2009
But oil spills of the sort that now threaten the Timor Sea, forest fires like those that recently afflicted Greece, and other man-made and man-assisted threats to wildlife are transient. Except in those cases in which a species is driven to extinction, the Earth s ability to shrug such things off is often underestimated. (The Economist)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Sep 1, 2009
Firemen in California were last night attempting to control forest fires burning out of control on the outskirts of Los Angeles and threatening to spread in every direction. Libya is considering a compensation deal for victims of Tripoli-backed IRA terrorism, a senior official in Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's government has claimed. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
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Air France crash inquiry could take more than year Aug 31, 2009
The Cal Fire report -- whose existence wasn't revealed in court until Wednesday -- could affect the trial of a Tulare man accused of murder and illegally setting several small forest fires the plane was circling when it crashed. John Jackson, the attorney representing 29-year-old Patrick Courtney, said Cal Fire officials deliberately withheld the report until just before his client's trial, which is scheduled to begin Tuesday. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Click to read:Wildfire Prompts Thousands of Evacuations Aug 30, 2009
At this point in the drought, to prevent all forest fires from happening in California, you'd have to backburn every forest between San Diego and San Francisco ... in other words, ideal weather for forest fires. (CBS News)
Reporter's Notebook: Fire officials get grant Aug 30, 2009
A total of 162 volunteer fire companies serving rural areas and communities where forest fires are common will receive funds to help them battle fire more effectively and safely, Quigley said. The value of these well-equipped and highly trained men and women was demonstrated all too well this past spring when dry, windy conditions spawned several large forest fires and smaller brush fires in every county. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
ABAG: 1.6M more Bay Area jobs by 2034 Aug 29, 2009
Rising sea levels, a reduced snow pack, additional forest fires, and more record heat days are also projected. These prognostications were included in the report Projections and Priorities 2009: Building Momentum, which highlights the specific changes in the Bay Area over the next 25 years and represents the region s collective plans for these imminent changes. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Wildfires rage north of Los Angeles Aug 29, 2009
Forest fires, with flames as high as 70 feet, have been raging in La Canada Flintridge, 12 miles north-east of downtown Los Angeles. Almost one thousand homes have been put under voluntary evacuation orders. (BBC News)
Wildfires pose threats to Valley air, health Aug 29, 2009
Smoke from Southern California forest fires each summer snakes its way into the Valley, moving northwest over the Pacific Ocean and then east into Central California. Stiffer rules could speed cleanup. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
* Himalayan nations to hold first climate talks Aug 29, 2009
Last year Nepal suffered its driest winter in 40 years, bringing the first widespread forest fires the country has experienced and destroying crops that depend on the winter rains. Campaigners say that while the effects of climate change on low-lying South Asian countries such as Bangladesh and the Maldives are now well known, there is little international awareness of the vulnerability of the Himalayan region. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Forest fires - a continuing tragedy? Aug 28, 2009
Forest fires - a continuing Greek tragedy. ANALYSIS By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website. (BBC News -- Europe)
