…of annual acres burned has doubled since 1980. “The only way we have a chance at preventing the destruction wildfires leave behind is to properly fund the Forest Service’s forest…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
…that extra fuel.” He said Congress needs to treat wildfires “like a regular disaster like an earthquake, flood or hurricane.” During their meetings in Washington, Farm Bureau leaders addressed a…
Wildland Fires in a Tube
…EPA conducts on wildfires to protect human health and the environment? Listen to our Science Bite Podcast Following the Smoke: Wildfires and Health. About the author: Dina Abdulhadi is a…
Adapting to a Changing Climate
…West while increasingly intense wildfires rip through landscapes from the Southwest to the Pacific Northwest up to Alaska. In this new reality, farmers, ranchers and landowners began to search out…
It’s Not Just Climate Change
It’s not just climate change: Study finds human activity is a major factor driving wildfires by Emily Grebenstein, George Washington University, emgreb@gwu.edu A new study examining wildfires in California found…
Nearly $1.5 Million to Two Universities in California to Protect Air Quality in a Changing Climate
…affect air quality and impact public health. With the funding, researchers across the country will expand investigations to understand: Health impacts from smoke due to a rise in wildfires that…
Effects of Drought for Forests and Rangelands
…effects. Drought and warmer temperatures may increase risks of large-scale insect outbreaks and larger wildfires, especially in the western U.S. Drought and warmer temperature may accelerate tree and shrub death,…
Vilsack Urges Congress to Pass Wildfire Funding Fix
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces 2015 Wildfires Burned Record Acres, Urges Congress to Pass Wildfire Funding Fix Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that in 2015, wildfires burned a record…
Wildfires have Set New Record for Acres Burned In 2015
Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist, saying that this latest late year rash of wildfires in California has pushed this year’s acreage burned to a new record high. Wildfires have Set New…
So Cal Wildfire Threat Could Soon Be Reduced
An incoming system could bring needed moisture to Southern California, reducing the threat of wildfires like those during Christmas weekend. So Cal Wildfire Threat Could Soon Be Reduced…
Omnibus Approval Key for Cattle Producers
…recent drought and lack of federal forest management has ignited several massive fires this year. “Wildfires are a significant threat to our forests and rangelands as well as our homes…
Groups Mobilize Aid in the Wake of Big Wildfires
A long, complicated recovery faces farmers, ranchers and other rural residents who suffered losses in damaging late-summer wildfires that scorched large swaths of land. County Farm Bureaus and other organizations…
FSA Offers Help for CA Farmers, Ranchers Affected by Fires
The USDA Farm Service Agency has programs that can help California farmers and ranchers affected by wildfires. Sabrina Hill talks with FSA Administrator Val Dolcini. Full interview, Val Dolcini on…
The Western View: Wildfires
Stop extreme environmentalism to stop extreme wildfires! The Western View: Wildfires We are seeing the dark side of the environmental movement. Thanks in part to the policies enacted in the…