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Mario Tama/Getty ImagesMany forest ecologists say the U.S. Forest Service is hampered by an outdated approach to prescribed fires, a key tool for reducing the threat of megafires made worse by climate change.
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A new forest management plan from the Bureau of Land Management in Medford will help speed up proposed projects. But local activists fear the plan could hurt forests and endangered species. -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders have reached an agreement to spend $536 million on wildfire prevention after last year’s record-setting fire season.
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Any resident of our region can tell you about the recent history with wildfires. They have grown larger and more destructive over time, as temperatures…
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It looks really pretty on exterior walls--think universities and Wrigley Field--but English ivy is a pest. It is not a plant indigenous to our region, and…
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With more than seven billion of us and counting, humans are the most prolific primate species on Earth.This boon for man may be the undoing of apes, plus…
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Gaze across the mountains of the Northwest these days and you may notice an unusual number of dead firs, pines and other conifer trees scattered among the…
