Report: Wildfire Fears at ‘All-Time High’ and Driving Insurer Decisions in Property Market June 12, 2023 By Don Jergler Despite a relatively average 2022 wildfire season, fears of wildfires remain at an “all-time high,” and those fears appear to...
California Funding Research to Develop New Wildfire Defense Tools September 19, 2022 The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is funding research to better predict who wildfires spread from burning wildlands...
Colorado Forest Service Launches County-by-County Wildfire Risk Index September 1, 2020 The Colorado State Forest Service has launched a wildland-urban interface risk index. The county-by-county index uses housing density combined with...
Opinion: California’s Wildfires Burn Our Climate Illusions March 4, 2019 By Liam Denning Joan Didion’s “Holy Water,” written in 1977, is a paean to the elaborate engineering that supplied her taps in Malibu...
Forrest Service Maps Shows Expansion of WUI in West as Wildfires Burn September 16, 2015 A new U.S. Forest Service report shows the continued expansion of housing development near forests, an area referred to as...