October (All News)
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
October 2021
New Tree Plantings to Reforest Trees Lost in California Wildfires 31. October 2021The Native American Way of Fighting Wildfires 30. October 2021For tribes, ‘good fire’ a key to restoring nature and people 29. October 2021Environment Ministry anticipates forest fires despite La Nina 29. October 2021From pest to pal: FAA praises drones that help firefighters battle wildfires 29. October 2021Support continues year on from Bushfire Royal Commission 29. October 2021Timeline of California firefighter’s COVID-19 death released 29. October 2021How Planet Satellites Help Manage Fire Risk In A Parched Landscape 28. October 2021Housing in Brief: In Latest Bay Area Housing Debate, It’s ADUs vs. Wildfire Safety 28. October 2021Wildfires, logging turn protected forests into carbon emitters -report 28. October 2021How Insurers Can Better Prepare for Wildfire 28. October 2021After California’s 3rd-largest wildfire, deer returned home while trees were ‘still smoldering’ 28. October 2021As Austin’s temperatures warm, water supply strained and wildfire risk grows 28. October 2021‘Learn and Burn’: Alabama legislators gain first-hand experience in forest management 27. October 2021California State Senator Mike McGuire’s Legislation Extending the Firefighter Bill of Rights to Seasonal Employees is Signed by Governor Newsom 27. October 2021Preparing for drought and bushfire 27. October 2021Northern California communities feel disaster whiplash after wildfires, threat of mudslides 27. October 2021How wildfires could unravel California’s climate progress 27. October 2021SALVAGE LOGGING RULES MUST CHANGE TO PROTECT ECOSYSTEM HEALTH 27. October 2021ARE OUTDATWildfires sparked by volcanic activity ravaged Antarctica 75 million years ago, study finds 26. October 2021Melting Arctic sea ice may strengthen western wildfires 26. October 20217 Russians arrested over forest fire in Turkey’s Antalya 25. October 2021Forest restoration needed to prevent catastrophic wildfires in Arizona 25. October 2021Oregon’s new wildfire czar explains his job – Q&A 25. October 2021Microgrid and powerline initiatives for bushfire-prone regions – Energy Magazine 25. October 2021KNP Complex firefighters shelter in place amid bomb cyclone. Could storm extinguish wildfire? 25. October 2021Brazil to hasten end to illegal deforestation, vice president says 25. October 2021Millions of trees planted after NSW Black Summer bushfires 25. October 2021Wildfire burn scars in Northern California see flash flooding, debris flows from powerful storms 24. October 2021Current approach to wildfires risks lives and wastes money, say experts 24. October 2021Flash flood watches in effect near recent wildfires in California 23. October 2021Near fire-scorched sequoia groves, up to 10,000 trees to be removed along highway 23. October 2021Chevron Pledges $10,000 to Cyprus Forest Fire Relief Fund 22. October 2021California Tribes Support Each Other and Seek Inclusion in State Wildfire Response 22. October 2021Algeria intends to manufacture firefighting planes after summer inferno 21. October 2021Syria says it executed 24 for igniting deadly wildfires 21. October 2021Jo Dodds to take stories of bushfire survivors to Glasgow United Nations Climate Change Conference 21. October 2021Wildfire smoke contributes to more deaths in the Eastern US than the West, study shows 21. October 2021‘Nobody cares I have nowhere to live’: wildland firefighters struggle with homelessness 21. October 2021Berkeley Lab Mobilizes to Predict How Caldor Fire May Lead to Floods and Land Movement 21. October 2021‘The new normal:’ One year after the East Troublesome Fire made its historic run, federal agencies are adjusting to meet growing wildfire demand 21. October 2021After 2020 Wildfire, An Oregon Town Helps Ensure Residents’ Return through Affordable Housing Initiative 20. October 2021B.C. begins forest management overhaul to increase Indigenous participation 20. October 2021Turkey to plant 4 million trees in burnt forests of Adana, Osmaniye 20. October 2021Post-9/11 Veterans can apply to become wildland firefighter 19. October 2021Millions of people were evacuated during disasters last year – another rising cost of climate change 19. October 2021Community Members are Invited to Observe the City of Malibu’s Multi-Agency Virtual Wildfire Evacuation Exercise on October 20 19. October 2021Klamath Prescribed Fire Training Attracts People From Around the Globe to Learn And Burn From the Epicenter of Cultural Burning 19. October 2021Pacific Power denies liability in deadly 2020 wildfires 19. October 2021Guy Carpenter Launches European Wildfire Risk Score as Exposure Management Tool 18. October 2021A lesson in how to escape wildfire by foot in the Berkeley Hills 18. October 2021The Wildfire Effects Most People Don’t See 18. October 2021The training of the first Greek forest commandos begins in the USA 18. October 2021Almost two years on, have the Black Summer fires changed how we think? 17. October 2021How the Amazon rainforest is faring under climate change 17. October 2021Tsinghua SIGS developed satellite-based carbon emission inversion techniques to investigate the driving forces of global wildfire emission trends 17. October 2021Meet the Illinois Latina Conservationist Fighting Fire with Fire 16. October 2021Research aids battle against carbon-emitting forest fires 16. October 2021Amid Massive California Wildfires, Battle Over Fire Insurance Policies Intensifies 14. October 2021Burning peat and wildfires bring unseasonal smoke apocalypse to Urals and Siberia 14. October 2021With proposed tax, Summit Fire officials seek to expand wildfire preparedness and add a facility in the northern part of the county 14. October 2021Interior Department Leaders Highlight Wildland Fire Preparedness, Tribal and Conservation Investments during Oregon Visit 14. October 2021La Nina Forms: High Risk For Western Wildfires And A Cold Winter May Follow 14. October 2021How much do wildfires really cost California’s economy? 11. October 2021City enters wildland fire agreement with state 10. October 2021Rogue environmentalists put Californians in harm’s way by blocking forest thinning projects 10. October 2021Greece’s fire-ravaged island now racing to build flood defences 9. October 2021Australian Government continuing to act on recommendations from National Natural Disaster Royal Commission 9. October 2021Fire tornado prediction tools to be developed for public safety during extreme wildfires 9. October 2021PG&E hosts webinar addressing outages related to wildfire safety 9. October 2021Impact of Forest Thinning on Wildfires Creates Divisions 9. October 2021Fire Festival organizers teach kids that not all forest fires are cause for alarm 9. October 2021Australia Fears Disasters Due to Climate Change May Result in Billions of Casualties and Damages 8. October 2021Australian Bushfires Fueled Algae Blooms Near Antarctica 8. October 2021Hawaii Is Prone To Fire But State Money To Control The Problem Is Lacking 8. October 2021Examining how fuel treatments affected suppression of the Caldor Fire in California 8. October 2021California wildfire may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias, burning through Earth’s largest grove 8. October 2021Fires Lit for Agriculture Boost Air Pollution in Southeast Asia 8. October 2021Is the Pandemic Making Wildfire Arson More Common? 8. October 2021Elite Firefighters Have a Secret Skill 7. October 2021NASA Smoke Signals for Air Quality 7. October 2021After siege of blazes, experts say California must improve wildfire evacuation plans 7. October 2021Opposition Liberals grill New Democrat responses to wildfire recovery, heat wave 7. October 2021Former fire chief warns of inextinguishable firestorms as climate change poses unprecedented threat to Australia 7. October 2021Firefighting apprentice program will address some burning needs in Oregon 7. October 2021Assessment of the Occurrence of Forest Fires in Pandemic Period by COVID-19 in Chile. Preliminary Backgrounds 7. October 2021Five lessons from BC’s horrific wildfire season 7. October 2021Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study 7. October 2021Our investigation, ‘Dangerous Air’ prompts lawmaker calls for worker protections, fire prevention investments 6. October 2021MapLab: Why More Americans Are Moving Toward Wildfire 6. October 2021Fire ecologist explains what you can do to protect yourself if wildfire is nearby 6. October 2021Detroit’s water system still a work in progress after 2020 wildfires 6. October 2021Māori land-burning practices triggered a major rise in carbon emissions 700 years ago 6. October 2021The hazy link between smoke and climate change 6. October 2021Australian scientists: wildlife recovery from bushfires could take decades 6. October 2021Brazil leads Amazon in forest loss this year, Indigenous and protected areas hold out 6. October 2021Piedmont women battle wildfires across country 5. October 2021Greek Reporter Delivers $172,000 in Fire Relief to Victims on Evia 5. October 2021Editorial: Prepare for wildfire 4. October 2021Forest fire prevention training using GIS launched 4. October 2021Brazilian makes Amazon appeal 4. October 2021A look back at the 2021 B.C. wildfire season 4. October 2021Opinion: The West’s sickly, bloated forests are full of carbon, ready to burn. 4. October 2021Longer California Wildfire Season Poses New Threat To State’s Wildlife 4. October 2021Manitoba First Nations wildfire evacuees able to return home after power restored 3. October 2021Mitigate Catastrophic Wildfires 3. October 2021Kimberley bushfires take toll on environment, volunteer firefighters 2. October 2021‘A Fire Age Is Upon Us’ 2. October 2021Marin Voice: Wildfire authority adapting to new paradigm of preparedness 2. October 2021COP26: Wildfires and flooding prompt Welsh firefighter warning 1. October 2021Historic wildfires once destroyed entire cities in northern Minnesota. Could it happen again? 1. October 20212021 wildfire season: AccuWeather estimates $70 billion to $90 billion in damages 1. October 2021Australian native bees eligible for IUCN Red List of threatened species in the aftermath of Black Summer bushfires 1. October 2021Portugal records its fewest summer wildfires in 10 years 1. October 2021California wildfires in 2021 have destroyed or damaged 3,500 structures 1. October 2021Brazil’s Amazon records least September fires in 20 years 1. October 2021EPA attempts to compare smoke impacts from wildfires and prescribed fires 1. October 2021Australian bushfires that killed a billion animals helped boost an ecosystem 1,000 km away 1. October 2021
