Wildfire Stakeholders File Amicus Brief in Key Case Regarding Use of Aerial Fire Retardants to Fight Wildfires
Press Release The Amicus Brief
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Oct 10, 20221 min read
Logjam: The Supply Chain Problem That’s Keeping California From Preventing Catastrophic Wildfires on Private Land
Bay Nature Private landowners in California hold a huge amount of forest that's primed to burn—and they need foresters, loggers, and...
Oct 6, 20221 min read
Timber industry and firefighters on opposite sides of California ballot fight
Politico A little-known part of the ballot measure to subsidize electric vehicles would raise money to fight wildfires.
Sep 27, 20221 min read
Landowners Empowered to Help Prevent Wildfires with Law by Assemblyman Vince Fong
The Daily Independent Given California’s increasingly intense wildfires, Assemblyman Vince Fong (R – Central Valley) introduced Assembly...
Sep 23, 20221 min read
Close to Home: Put cultural resources ahead of logging
The Press Democrat Matt Dias of the California Forestry Association, cheerily nicknamed “Calforests,” paints a rosy picture of Cal Fire’s...
Sep 7, 20221 min read
Bill Giving PG&E More Power to Cut Trees on Private Property Defeated
Redheaded Blackbelt A Senate Bill that would have increased utilities’ access to private lands and eliminated any possibility of...
Aug 22, 20221 min read
California’s timber industry is calling on the military to help control fires
The Washington Post As California confronts peak wildfire season with fewer firefighters than usual, the state’s timber industry is...
Aug 15, 20221 min read
Unions want higher pay on California forestry work. Here’s why rural counties are worried
The Sacramento Bee As California scrambles to reduce wildfire hazards by thinning its overgrown forests, rural government officials and...
Jul 26, 20221 min read
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation collaborates to promote forestry careers
Sierra Sun TRUCKEE, Calif. — As California faces an ongoing threat of wildfires, the California Forest Foundation , the California...
Jun 23, 20221 min read
How California can prevent wildfires and generate sustainable energy at the same time
San Francisco Chronicle California has some of the most expensive energy in the world. It also has mountains full of black vegetation...
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Mar 3, 20221 min read
Drought, fires and beetles — California’s forests are dying. Is it too late to save them?
San Francisco Chronicle With increasing heat and drought across the West, one of the largest tree die-offs in modern California history...
Nov 28, 20211 min read
California wildfire fallout: Timber industry confronted by too many dead trees, warns of damaged forests
San Francisco Chronicle This year’s mega-fires may be contained, the fire fronts extinguished and late flareups tamed by early season...
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