The largest fire in the state’s recorded history was sparked earlier this year by two government-planned prescribed burns. It forced the evacuation of thousands of residents from villages throughout the Sangre de Cristo mountain range as it burned through more than 530 square mil...
The following year in New Mexico, more than 3,000 people were assigned to fight the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, a conflagration sparked by two prescribed burns that escaped from forest managers. The largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history, it burned for mo...
Forest Service Launches Criminal Probe Into Mosquito Fire; Seizes PG&E Equipment More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Firefighters work as the Mosquito Fire burns in Foresthill, California, U.S., September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo (Reuters) - Californian utility PG&E C...
aFor many decades, the policy of the United States Forest Service was to prevent all tires. The policy began to be questioned in the 1960s, when it was realized that fire is an essential part of the life cycle of some trees. This produced the policy of controlled burns to educe underbr...
Cold War US Unarmored Vehicles Crawler-Crusher, or “The Monster” United States of America (1968-1969) Civil Engineering Vehicle – 1 Built Background – The Cross Florida Barge Canal: “The Ditch of Dreams” As far back as 1565 with Governor Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, when Florida was ...
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By producing a first-of-its-kind, decadal-scale wildfire plume rise climatology in the Western U.S. and Canada, we identify trends toward enhanced plume top heights, aerosol loading aloft, and near-surface smoke injection throughout the American West. Positive and significant plume trends suggest...
Thus, Brazil burns to create new farmland from the Amazon as small US farmers struggle, both in response to changes in US-China trade relationships, with large international, industrial farms able to capitalize on both of these changes. One recent factor that industrial farms have not been able...
The US Department of the Interior could begin using unmanned air vehicles to battle forest fire within a year based on a recent demonstration in which Kaman Aerospace and Lockheed Martin doused controlled burns with an optionally piloted K-MAX helicopter. ...
None of it matters when her family’s house burns to the ground and her father doesn’t escape the flames. Even worse is the guilt she feels, thinking the fire is her fault. Afraid to tell anyone about the cause of the fire, Izzy obsesses about the old brick theater next to the ...