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Wildfire Resilience Funding, Native Seed Supply from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

April 21, 2024 admin 0 Comments Agriculture, bipartisan infrastructure law, climate change, department of the interior (doi), fires, investing in america, Joe Biden, press releases, us wildfires, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:31:15 +0000

Athens, Georgia — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget Joan Mooney was in Georgia today to highlight how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is supporting wildland fire management. During a visit to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia, Principal Deputy Assistant … [continued]

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Poor Air Quality Isn’t The Only Way Wildfires Affect Cities

June 21, 2023 admin air quality, Fire, fires, forests, research, us wildfires, Wildfires

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:31:23 +0000

Thousands of people in Quebec, Canada evacuated their homes this month due to raging wildfires. More than 400 miles away, New York City experienced its worst air quality in history, and briefly had the worst air quality of any city in the world. And New York wasn’t alone: As of June 7, 2023, more than […]

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May As National Wildfire Awareness Month: 10 Tips To Prevent Wildfires

May 27, 2023 admin Agriculture, air quality, HEALTH, research, us wildfires, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 23:35:33 +0000

Fireworks start over 19,000 fires and send over 9,000 people to the ER each year in the United States.

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Ask A Scientist: Calling Out The Companies Responsible For Western Wildfires

May 27, 2023 admin Agriculture, climate change, research, SCIENCE, us wildfires, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 21:35:03 +0000

Not only is the fire season longer, wildfires are burning larger areas more severely and at higher elevations. The average acreage that has burned every year since 2000—7 million—is more than double the annual average of 3.3 million acres in the 1990s,

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First Street Foundation Wildfire Model: Highlights From “Fueling the Flames”

May 17, 2022 admin climate change, first street foundation, research, SCIENCE, us wildfires, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 03:00:23 +0000

Brooklyn (NY) — First Street Foundation today released the First Street Foundation Wildfire Model, the only nationwide, probabilistic, climate adjusted, peer reviewed, property specific wildfire risk model for properties in the contiguous United States. Detailed in the 5th National Risk Assessment: Fueling the Flames, the model provides a first of its kind analysis of the risk individual properties […]