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March 25
Money trouble cuts into firefighting resources
The Orange County Register
Prospective members of the Orange County Fire Authority's new full-time 22-man hand crew – a rough-and-tumble crowd willing to do the backbreaking work of cutting fire lines – showed up to the department's Irvine headquarters in pressed suits and shined shoes for their oral board interviews.
REGION: County adopts strategy for managing brush
Local environmentalists say approach relies too much on controlled burns
North County Times
The county on Wednesday adopted a strategy for managing the dry brush that fueled two of the region's catastrophic wildfires, but environmental regulations and a lack of funding could make it difficult to implement key pieces.
World's Largest Aircraft Tanker Approved For Wildland Fires
www.opb.org
The world’s largest aircraft tanker has received approval to fight fires. As Kristian Foden-Vencil reports the plane is built by Oregon-based Evergreen International.
Reno fire conference debates letting residents defend their homes
Reno Gazette-Journal
Washoe County fire officials are reviewing Australia’s “leave early or stay and defend” wildfire policy but say it’s too soon to know whether that would work locally.
March 23
Invasive plants crowd park scarred by fire
The Press-Enterprise
The rolling green hills of Chino Hills State Park seem, at first glance, well on the way to recovering from the autumn fire that stripped 95 percent of the park's 14,000 acres.
March 22
Fire will bring life back to forest
Star-Banner
The landscape that looks like an ecological calamity is not truly one at all, U.S. Forest Service officials say.
March 19
Housing project in hot seat again -
Merriam Mountains plan raises wildfire concerns
San Diego Union-Tribune
MERRIAM MOUNTAINS DEVELOPMENT
What: Plans call for 2,700 homes and a shopping center on 2,327 acres west of Interstate 15 at Deer Springs Road, just north of Escondido.
March 15
Speak Your Piece: Federal fire policy leaves private timber in ruins
Redding Record Searchlight
Thousands of acres of private timberland are adjacent to and within National Forest boundaries, where fire protection responsibility comes under the U.S. Forest Service. It is the Forest Service's legal duty to protect these private parcels just as Cal Fire protects lands outside of National Forest influence. It is apparent from last summer's fires that fire protection no longer exists for thousands of acres of private timberland, as many private parcels were purposely set fire by the Forest Service and burned.
Fire Officials: Controlled Burns Benefit Forests
TriCities.com
Marty Bentley has seen the benefits of prescribed fires firsthand.
March 4
Columns: Green Neighbors: Finding the Boogeymen in the Bushes
Berkeley Daily Planet
When Lisa Owens Viani summoned spirits (and bodies) from the vasty deep of bureaucracy, they showed up. Furthermore, they made specific promises.
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