Increased drought due to climate change will alter fire regimes in mesic forested landscapes where fuel moisture typically limits fire spread and where fuel loads are consistently high. These landscapes are often extensively modified by human land use ch
Most of the Sierra foothills are included, but also big swaths of the Bay Area including the Oakland and Berkeley Hills, Lamorinda, Pleasanton and parts of San Mateo and southern Santa Clara counties. Homes for sale in those high fire zones already have to include a real...
Butte County residents can view a live evacuation map here to see the exact zones. Tehama County Tehama, Shasta and Plumas County residents can view a live evacuation map here. In Tehama County, nearly the entire eastern side of the county, from the southern border to the northern bord...
Large-scale natural climate modes, such as El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), also play a major role in the fire weather and wildfire activity. Although ENSO has large effects on the interannual variability of biomass burning across continents25, the footprint of ENSO in the year-to-year...
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within specified zones (van Wagtendonk2007). However, the management of wildfires across the broader National Wilderness Preservation System has largely failed to restore historical fire regimes and their associated ecological conditions over the course of decades. In part, this is due to lack of ...
Example of retardant avoidance areas (red) in Northern California along Hwy. 96 near Klamath River. The Forest Servicehas established retardant avoidance areasalong waterways where the liquid is not supposed to be applied. This puts buffer zones around waterways and habitat for some threatened, endan...
This report presents a post-fire watershed hazard analysis completed to identify post-fire hazards to water supply, including the methods and results of an assessment of the Zones of Concern, post-fire watershed hazards, and potential treatments to minimize effects and target locations for those tre...
Every year, wildfires roar across Southern California, burning everything in their path. By incorporating a few fire-resistant landscaping ideas, you can drastically reduce the risk of those wildfires reaching your San Diego home. You can also increase the chances that firefighters will be able to...
In all, 152 structures have been destroyed and 31 damaged including82 homes that were lost, authorities said. Click here to jump to an interactive map of the evacuation zones. Fire officials said Friday morning crews are improving containment lines and going into burn areas to extinguish hot ...