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A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames in Colorado on Sunday, June 29, sparking a half-acre grass fire in the southwestern part ...
After 13 homes burned in the Forsyth Fire over the weekend, fire experts are sharing what homeowners can do to take ...
Forest fuel reduction projects happening throughout the Tahoe Basin this year are using a tool known as mastication around ...
The Kula Community Watershed Alliance (KCWA) invites residents and stakeholders to its next Community Conversation, a virtual ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M Forest Service awarded $155,000 to Central Texas landowners for wildfire mitigation ...
“You can have some trees, but you want them pruned up off the ground level so there are no ladder fuels to get fire from the ground level up into the canopy of the tree,” Nelson said. That ...
It's also considered a "ladder fuel," meaning it provides a path for a wildfire to go from grass fuel up into the tree canopy. When an eastern red cedar ignites, it's hazardous to nearby ...
Wildfire translating from the ground to the crowns of large trees is a major concern, Wittenberg said. “That fire can actually climb up like the rungs of a ladder,” he said. “We want to eliminate what ...
Under a contract approved Tuesday by the Anchorage Assembly, workers will clear potential wildfire fuels, including spruce and hardwood stands as well as ladder fuels, 150 feet out from each side ...
Texas A&M Forest Service awarded $155,000 to Central Texas landowners for wildfire mitigation practices through the Mechanical Fuel Reduction Grant program this spring.