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Northern California National Forests will be impacted by Trump's executive order
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at rapidly expanding timber production in national forests across ...
Trump administration logging order stirs debate over forest management in Northstate
A recent order from the Trump administration to open national forest land to logging has sparked significant debate in ...
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Forest Service set to hire 1,100 more firefighters in California
The U.S. Forest Service is looking to hire hundreds of permanent wildland firefighters ahead of the 2025 fire season, according to the USDA. The Pacific Southwest Region of the Forest Service is ...
Rare discovery sets a new record on one of California’s highest peaks
UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.
California Sets Aside $170 Million to Thin Vegetation, Forests to Help Prevent Wildfires
Gov. Newsom signed legislation providing funds for wildfire prevention and an order to speed up environmental permitting for the work.
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Could presidential order increase timber production on Sequoia National Forest?
Sequoia National Forest — in the Sierra Nevada northeast of Bakersfield — was once busy with timber production.
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Los Padres Forest Posts Draft Wildfire Environmental Risk Review
Los Padres National Forest (LPNF) officials have released the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Wildfire Risk Reduction Project (WRRP) on the ...
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Forest fires in Chile, floods in California, drought in Spain: extreme weather conditions take toll on the world
In Chile, firefighters are battling huge forest fires stoked by hot and dry ... trapping some people in their homes. In California, the second of back-to-back moisture-packed atmospheric rivers ...