Wildfires Burn Across The Western USJune 17, 2016(AP) - A wildfire churning through coastal canyons west of Santa Barbara has ballooned to more than 6 square miles.
Athens Fire In Placer County Burns More Than 150 AcresMay 17, 2016Cal Fire crews are fighting a small brush fire near Lincoln. The fire, west of Highway 65 and south of Thunder Valley Casino, has burned 169 acres and is 80 percent contained.
US Wildfire-Fighters Making Plans For 2016 SeasonMay 17, 2016(AP) - The nation's primary wildfire-fighters are getting ready for the 2016 season, which is expected to be worse than average in Hawaii, Alaska and the Southwest.
Fuel Breaks To Reduce Wildfire Risk Being Built In SW IdahoMay 4, 2016(AP) — Federal officials plan to start putting in emergency fuel breaks this week in southwest Idaho to reduce wildfire risk.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezWildfire Awareness WeekMay 4, 2016 | Cody DrabbleFor Wildfire Awareness Week, we discuss what could be different about this fire season and what needs to happen in California's forests to break the cycle of catastrophic mega fires. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Environment62,000 Dead Trees Cleared Before Fire SeasonMay 2, 2016 | Bob MoffittState and federal agencies spent much of their fire-prevention efforts this winter clearing dead trees.
EnvironmentCameras Around Lake Tahoe Change Fight Against WildfiresApril 20, 2016(AP) — Scientists say a growing network of cameras trained on the mountains around Lake Tahoe is changing the way crews fight wildfires.
EnvironmentPartnership Formed To Increase Controlled Fires In CaliforniaFebruary 2, 2016(AP) - Environmental groups and federal and state agencies have formed a partnership to increase the use of prescribed fires to improve the health of California's forests and watersheds and minimize the effects of increasingly devastating wildfires.
EnvironmentWolves Who Survived Butte Fire Now Living On Arizona PreserveFebruary 1, 2016(AP) - Four wolves that survived a California wildfire by burrowing underground are now living in an Arizona wildlife preserve.
State GovernmentState: $1 Billion Insured Losses In California FiresJanuary 25, 2016(AP) - California's insurance department estimates that two deadly wildfires that burned up vast parts of the state last year caused $1 billion in insured losses.
