January (All News)
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
California to pay for wildfire retrofits up to $40,000 per home, starting with rural San Diego 28. January 2022Budget surplus has DNR thinking ‘once-in-a-generation’ investment in state’s outdoors 28. January 2022PG&E Expands Scope of Wildfire Safety Center to Encompass, Ensure Readiness for Any Natural Disaster and Emergency 28. January 2022Chinna Thambi to help prevent forest fires in Tamil Nadu tiger reserve 28. January 2022In wildfire ‘pivot,’ experts question federal focus 28. January 2022Forest Guard: Microsoft Student Hackathon winners create rapid-response deforestation sensor 27. January 2022Thompson, Costa, Neguse lead letter to President Biden urging increased efforts to mitigate wildfires 27. January 2022Over R10 million spent in the Western Cape on firefighting this summer season 27. January 2022Wildfire risk: Marin homeowners face increasing insurance woes 26. January 2022How One Oregon Town Put Politics Aside To Save Itself From Fire 26. January 2022Gates prepares for wildfire survivors’ tiny home village 26. January 2022Huge $25 million promise for bushfire-ravaged Aussie towns 26. January 2022Worried about wildfires, City Council limits number of ADUs in Berkeley Hills 26. January 2022WSU study finds air pollution, brought on by heat and wildfires, is increasing in the West 26. January 2022B.C. seeks public input on new watershed protection strategy 25. January 2022Governor Kelly seeks Biden’s help after Kansas wildfires 25. January 2022What drove Perth’s record-smashing heatwave – and why it’s a taste of things to come 25. January 2022Budget to prevent wildfires up by 10-fold 25. January 2022Did an underground coal fire spark the Marshall Fire, the state’s most destructive fire? 24. January 2022Red Cross still supporting communities two years after deadly 2019/20 Summer bushfires 23. January 2022‘Risk is real now’: Climate expert says California may see more unusual winter wildfires 23. January 2022Data may be Colorado’s best bet to mitigate increasing wildfire risk on the Front Range 23. January 2022Facing extreme wildfire season, feds appeal to ‘new generation’ to fill crews 21. January 2022New bill to eliminate Florida’s prescribed burn program poses great harm to our state 20. January 2022Wildfires and Omicron Prompt a Special Health Insurance Enrollment Period in Colorado 20. January 2022Want to limit carbon and curb wildfire? Create a market for small trees 20. January 2022Stop forest fires: Volga regions purchase equipment worth 1.5bn rubles 19. January 2022Water supplies in Louisville, Superior almost ran dry as firefighters battled Marshall Fire flames 18. January 2022Botswana’s big problem is not elephants, but runaway bushfires 18. January 2022US plans $50B wildfire fight where forests meet civilization 18. January 2022SD volunteer firefighters attend training for wildland fires 18. January 2022NBWL to deliberate on making power lines wildlife friendly 17. January 2022Tonto National Forest project expected to reduce the risk of wildfires 17. January 2022Amid the charred ruins of Colorado wildfires, a sense of community evolves 16. January 2022The Woolsey fire burned their homes. Now this community has its own firefighting crew 16. January 2022‘Spacing here was a problem’: Closely built homes helped Marshall firestorm spread, researchers say 16. January 2022Summerside and Rotary club develop forest management plan for Rotary Friendship Park 15. January 2022Cities and suburbs face growing wildfire threat 15. January 2022Volunteer firefighter, 19, charged with deliberately lighting nine fires in Perth hills 15. January 2022Indonesia 2019 Forest Fire Destruction Far Worse Than Official Estimate – Study 14. January 2022OPINION It’s time to rethink Australia’s fire management strategies 14. January 2022Kansas wildfire victims look to lawmakers for help restoring a key asset: their fencing 14. January 2022In honor of Tu Bishvat, new tree bill submitted to Knesset 14. January 2022Boulder Fire Rescue’s Wildfire Home Assessment Program 13. January 2022Over 3.98 lakh forest fires detected in fire season from 2020-21: Study 13. January 2022State forestry offering virtual wildland firefighting class in February 12. January 2022New fund for Indigenous firefighting and forest management jobs 12. January 2022Protection plan against natural disasters 12. January 2022Best’s Commentary: Demand Surge and Inflation Will Amplify Colorado Wildfire Losses 12. January 2022First bills in the 2022 session focus on education, wildfires, crime prevention 12. January 2022Reducing Powerline Bushfire Risk To Communities 12. January 2022Utility Technology Already Exists for Preventing Wildfires 12. January 2022CITIES AND SUBURBS FACE GROWING WILDFIRE THREAT 12. January 2022The devastating mudslides that follow forest fires 12. January 2022EMNRD: New Reforestation Center Will Help Forests And Communities Recover From Wildfires 11. January 2022New Hub to support bushfire and disaster recovery and resilience 11. January 2022Federal election: Labor promises to redirect $200m towards disaster prevention 11. January 2022Diversifying Farming And How Brush Fires Improve Forest Ecosystems, This West Virginia Morning 11. January 2022MT Increasing Seasonal Wildland Firefighter Hourly Pay to $15.50 10. January 20222021 ranks as fifth hottest year as carbon, methane emissions rise – News Concerns 10. January 2022Health Impacts of Air Pollution from Australian Megafires 10. January 2022Reduction burns identified as key to controlling Sisters Beach blaze 9. January 2022Exclusive: Newsom’s budget would add billions to fight drought, fires and boost California farms 9. January 2022Recent rains provide chance to use ‘fire to fight fire’ with prescribed burns in backcountry 8. January 2022This mandate helped reduce risk of wildfires destroying buildings in California by 40% — so why don’t more states implement it? 8. January 20222021 Year in Review: Wildfires rate as year’s top local news story 5. January 2022Forest fires in Uruguay showed rural controversy 5. January 2022New CSIRO model to predict eucalypt bushfire behaviour will save lives 5. January 2022Winter wildfires likely to become more common, expert says 5. January 2022The Impact of Climate Change on California’s Wildfires 10. January 2022Extreme air pollution from US wildfires now affects millions of people 5. January 2022KC&C Says Colo. Wildfire Caused $1 Billion in Insured Losses 5. January 2022Metro area residents concerned about wildfires creeping closer to urban communities 4. January 2022An imported tree fuels Patagonia’s terrifying summer fires 4. January 2022Wildfires consume large swath of forest in Argentina’s Patagonia region 4. January 2022Meteo: Forest Fires in 2021 Burnt as Much Land as in All Years from 2013 to 2020 4. January 2022Turkey looks to boost air, volunteer force to fight forest fires 4. January 2022CO Officials Identify Ignition Point of Historic Wildfires 2. January 2022Red Cross estimates millions in relief needed for Colorado wildfire recovery 2. January 2022‘Indiscriminate and random’: Two years on from the devastating Black Summer bushfires 2. January 2022When utilities spark wildfires in Washington, they can ‘burn down your house and get away with it’ 2. January 2022How climate change primed Colorado for a rare December wildfire 2. January 2022Statistic Reveals How Big of a Damage Wildfires Caused in 2021 1. January 2022
