‘In a Rush.’ Vineyard Forest Cutting Gets Mixed Reactions. Time Added for Comment. March 25, 2025 By Heather McCarron, Cape Cod Times A project to restore natural woodlands by removing dense white pine plantations in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest on...
Texas Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Address Wildfire Risks and Ignition Sources February 28, 2025 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune A year after devastating wildfires engulfed the Panhandle, killing three people and burning millions of acres, Texas lawmakers have filed...
Biden Administration Unveils ‘Wildfire Crisis Strategy’ for Western States January 19, 2022 By Leah Douglas The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a 10-year plan to treat and maintain millions of additional acres of forests in...
How Technology Can Be Used to Lessen the Damage from Natural Disasters June 29, 2021 By Greg Koller In 2020 alone, more than 10.3 million acres were burned by wildfires across the United States, a level three times...
New Mercury Insurance Programs Target California Homeowners’ Wildfire Risk October 21, 2020 Mercury Insurance has launched two new programs designed to help Californians better protect their homes and families if they live...
Roadmaps for Wildfire Mitigation Provide Guidance for Suburban Neighborhoods August 19, 2020 New wildfire guidelines from an insurance industry home safety organization offer guidance for adapting suburban communities to the growing threat...
How Forested Communities Are Trying to Adapt to Growing Wildfire Threat September 23, 2019 By DUSTIN PATAR and ANTON L. DELGADO Unless it’s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route in Shingletown, as she...
Burns & Wilcox to Offer Wildfire Management Services to Policyholders in the West September 9, 2019 Burns & Wilcox has formed an exclusive partnership with Wildfire Defense Systems, Inc. (WDS) to provide WDS’ full suite of...
Burning Down a House to Show How to Build for Wildfire Defense March 20, 2019 By Don Jergler After only a year into his job as CEO and president of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety,...
Assessing Effects of Government Shutdown on Wildfires, Workforce, Research January 28, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The government may be reopening, but the consequences of the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history are likely to linger...