Posts by Jennifer Gray Thompson
August 23 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fires (opens in new tab) California Wildfires Map(opens in new tab)From LA Times | August 22, 2022 Interactive map with up to date…
Read MoreAugust 16 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Communities Navigating Recovery Photo of the Caldor Fire from Matthew Henderson (opens in new tab) One year memorial of the Caldor Fire, dedication and community ceremony…
Read MoreAugust 9 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fire News (opens in new tab) Six Rivers Lightning Complex(opens in new tab)From San Francisco Chronicle | August 7, 2022 Updates on this…
Read MoreAugust 2 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fire News A firetruck drives along California Highway 96 as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif., Saturday, July 30, 2022.…
Read MoreJuly 26 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fire News A forest is incinerated by the Oak Fire near Midpines, north-east of Mariposa, California, on Saturday. Photograph: David McNew/AFP/Getty Images (opens…
Read MoreWhen I Hike, I’d Like To See Evidence of Prescribed Burning
by Rosa Brandt, Program Associate, After the Fire USA Back in June I spent a Saturday hiking up Hood Mountain, a 2,733-foot peak along the Sonoma Valley. The trail winds up through forests, past a small creek flowing down a canyon, and up along the ridgeline to the summit. It is a stunning hike…
Read MoreJuly 19 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fire News (opens in new tab) Residents return as containment grows for Yosemite fire(opens in new tab)From ABC10, by Associated Press, ABC10 Staff…
Read MoreJuly 12 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fire News The Washburn fire burning near the lower portion of the Mariposa Grove at Yosemite National Park on Thursday. Yosemite NPS /…
Read MoreJuly 5 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fire News Firefighters battle the Electra Fire in the Rich Gulch community of Calaveras County, CA on Monday, July 4, 2022. According to…
Read MoreThe Necessity of the North Bay Forest Improvement Program
As the weather gets warmer and drier and we head quickly into the midst of wildfire season, it is a fitting time to highlight the importance of vegetation management. It is easy to understand how the actions you take in your own yard and around your house can help protect your belongings from wildfire damage,…
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