Close Calls in Colorado Spark Push for Wildfire Mitigation June 7, 2021 By Shannon Mullane As the Missionary Ridge Fire raged in 2002, the Valley Fire, a second fire, broke out and destroyed six homes...
California Toughens PG&E Wildfire Safety Oversight April 16, 2021 By Nichola Groom California officials on Thursday voted to toughen oversight of Pacific Gas & Electric, saying the utility had largely failed to...
California Plans $536M for Wildfire Mitigation Before Fire Season April 14, 2021 By Don Thompson California will authorize $536 million for wildfire mitigation and forest management projects before the worst of the fire season strikes...
Damage Analysis of 2017-2018 California Wildfires Keys on Mitigation July 15, 2020 New findings point to need for home improvements that resist embers, the cause of up to 90 percent of wildfire...
Parish in Louisiana Getting $5.3M to Elevate 88 Homes August 20, 2019 Louisiana U.S. Rep. Garret Graves says Livingston Parish will receive a $5.3 million federal grant to fund the elevation of...
Clearing Large Swaths of Land Part of Plan to Slow Western Wildfires July 23, 2019 The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of...
Climate Change in 2015 Could be Bigger Than Religion – or Selfie December 31, 2014 By Don Jergler The phrase “climate change” yields roughly 108 million results in a Google search – in the ballpark in terms of...
Family: Vail Misled Officials About Fatal Slide October 11, 2013 The family of a teen killed in an avalanche at Vail Mountain last year says there is “substantial evidence” that...
Oklahoma Leaders Ask ‘What Have We Learned’ from May Storms? July 23, 2013 By M. Scott Carter With thousands of destroyed houses, 46 deaths and damage estimates topping the $5 billion mark, victims of Oklahoma’s two EF-5...
Bill Proposing Property Assigned Risk Plan Filed in Texas March 5, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones A bill has been filed that would drastically change the structure and/or funding for Texas’ insurer of last resort for...