Worsening wildfires stoke health concerns
Increasingly intense wildfires are scorching forests from across the Western U.S. to Australia and stoking concern among residents and health professionals about long-term health impacts from smoke exposure.
Read More...Research to help land managers take risk-analysis approach to wildfires
New digital tools developed by Oregon State University will enable land managers to better adapt to the new reality of large wildfires through analytics that guide planning and suppression across…
Read More...California eases way for land clearing to prevent wildfires
California regulators said Tuesday that they have streamlined the state’s permit process to make it faster to approve tree-thinning projects designed to slow massive wildfires that have devastated communities in…
Read More...Rebuilding forests post-fire
A legal battle over a plan to clear dead trees and burn them in a biomass plant is an example of a philosophical divide in California over how best to…
Read More...Study identifies key western forests
A study by Oregon State University researchers has identified forests in the western United States that should be preserved for their potential to mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration, as…
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