Highlights help from infrastructure bill being debated in Congress. The Department of the Interior released its plan for addressing wildfires on federal lands. Members of the department’s leadership…
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Interior Develops Reforestation Plan
Bureau of Land Management working with American Forests organization in California. The Interior Department announced on Tuesday that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has coordinated with American…
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Border Patrol Apprehends Suspected Arsonist
Fires were started in the Jacumba Wilderness Region. Border Patrol agents recently apprehended an arson suspect in the act of starting another fire in the Jacumba Wilderness Region…
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President Biden Surveys Wildfire Damage
Uses Defense Production Act to provide firefighting equipment. On Monday, President Biden traveled to the western United States to survey the damage caused by forest fires this year.…
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California Lake Tahoe Basin Under Fire Warning
Defense Department sends C-130s to assist firefighting efforts. The entire Lake Tahoe Basin is now under evacuation warnings as the blaze known as the Caldor Fire marches toward…
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Interior Adjusts Pay for Wildland Firefighters
Guaranteed $15 minimum wage for frontline firefighters. The Department of the Interior announced that it would be increasing the base pay for all wildland firefighters employed by the…
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Thousands Evacuate California Wildfire
The towns of Greenville and Colefax have experienced devastation. A rapidly spreading wildfire burned homes and forced thousands to evacuate in two heavily wooded counties northeast of Sacramento…
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Two California Wildfires Merge Into One
Evacuations have been ordered. The Dixie and Fly wildfires have merged in northern California. Crews and officials are battling the Plumas National Forest fire that has burned more…
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FEMA Administrator to Visit Western Wildfire States
Eighty large wildfires currently burning across the West. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell will make her first trip to wildfire-affected states amid another dangerous week of extreme heat and…
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USDA Announces New Forest Service Chief
Current Chief Christiansen to help transition through July 26. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that Randy Moore will be taking over the position of Chief of the Forest…
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