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Another early start to the fire season?
The Round Fire north of Bishop, California, February 10, 2015. Photo by Jerry Dodrill, used with permission. The High Country News has an interesting article about the lengthening of the wildfire...
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Contest: when will the first Type 1 Incident Management Team be assigned
On March 8 we looked back at the weather in the United States over the last three months knowing that it could have an effect on wildfires over the next three to six months. However the extent to which...
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Contemplating the Alaska fire season
A grizzly bear near Bill Gabbert’s campsite in Denali National Park in Alaska. Photo by Bill Gabbert. It can be a fool’s errand to attempt to predict the severity of a wildfire season. Using past...
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Researchers determine that fire seasons are becoming longer
We keep hearing that wildfire seasons are becoming longer. One way to verify this for a particular location is by analyzing times of the year that fires occur and the acres burned by date. But...
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Rainfall in western states slows wildfire season in many areas
Rainfall last 2 weeks, Washington and Oregon Rainfall over the last two weeks has slowed or in some cases, ended the wildfire season in some areas. On October 19 we ran the numbers for the accumulated...
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The USFS says we no longer have "fire seasons". They are now "fire years". The post How will the Forest Service change to deal with the “fire year”? appeared first on Wildfire Today.
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