Category: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

California Legislators Call on the EPA to Tighten Pollution Regulations Without Interfering With Controlled Wildfire Burns

June 14, 2023
CaliforniaCalifornia Department of Forestry and Fire ProtectionCalifornia wildfiresRegional & State NewsSen. Alex PadillaState Newstoxic air pollutionUS
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California legislators on Tuesday called for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement tighter regulations on air pollution without interfering with controlled wildfire burns, in a letter to EPA (pdf). Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was joined by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) to support the EPA’s proposed ambient air quality standard, which would lower the allowable…

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Area Larger Than California: Federal Govt Identifies Old-Growth, Mature Forests

April 21, 2023
Biden ClimateCalifornia Department of Forestry and Fire ProtectionExecutive Branchforest conservationPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsUSUS News
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More than 175,000 square miles (453,000 square kilometers) of old-growth and mature forests have been identified on U.S. government land, an inventory report released on Thursday has revealed. The federal government’s first-ever national inventory of mature and old-growth forests (pdf) on federal land revealed more expanses of older trees than researchers had earlier estimated. Most…

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Area Larger Than California: Federal Government Identifies Old-Growth, Mature Forests

April 21, 2023
Biden ClimateCalifornia Department of Forestry and Fire ProtectionExecutive Branchforest conservationPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsUSUS News
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More than 175,000 square miles (453,000 square kilometers) of old-growth and mature forests have been identified on U.S. government land, an inventory report released on Thursday has revealed. The federal government’s first-ever national inventory of mature and old-growth forests (pdf) on federal land revealed more expanses of older trees than researchers had earlier estimated. Most…

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New California Fire Hazard Map Shows Increase in ‘Very High’ Risk Areas

December 30, 2022
Brian BarkleyCal FireCalifornia Department of Forestry and Fire ProtectionKevin OlsonLocal NewsNorthern CaliforniaRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
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A proposed new fire hazard map from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) could soon designate more of the state’s rural and unincorporated areas as “very high” fire hazard severity zones—a nearly 15-percent increase since when the map was last updated in 2007. The growing fire hazard areas show how much more…

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