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wildfire-management
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680news.comworld31 days ago
Territory Releases New Guidelines for Managing Wildfire Response
The territorial government released new guidelines on Thursday for managing wildfires near communities. The guidelines address emergency response issues identified after the 2023 evacuation of nearly two-thirds of residents.
thenarwhal.cascience32 days ago
Study Finds Forest Fuel Treatments Cut Emissions and Damages in Western U.S.
A University of California, Davis study published May 7 found that prescribed burns and forest thinning prevented 2.7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions and $2.8 billion in damages across 11 Western states. The research examined 285 wildfires from 2017 to 2023 and calculate…
nationalpost.compolitics35 days ago
Federal Grant Delays and New Policies Restrict Controlled Burns on Public Lands
Federal funding for controlled burns has been delayed in at least 22 states after the U.S. Department of Agriculture added new conditions on immigration, diversity hiring, and climate policies. Additional directives from the Interior Department and Forest Service now require full…
investors.comai44 days ago
AI Used in Fact-Checking Process on Facebook Posts About Masks and Wildfires
A guest essay describes how Meta employed AI to link fact-checks to articles and videos in 2020 and 2021. City Journal’s John Tierney and journalist John Stossel had their content labeled with warnings after Facebook connected it to earlier fact-checks by Science Feedback. The es…
hcn.orgscience45 days ago
Study Finds U.S. Forest Service Fuel Treatments Prevent $3.73 in Wildfire Damages per Dollar Spent
A study published in the journal Science analyzed 285 wildfires in 11 Western states from 2017 to 2023. It found that every dollar spent by the U.S. Forest Service on fuel treatments such as prescribed burns and underbrush clearing avoided an average of $3.73 in damages from smok…