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In
addition to preventing
an estimated 2.7
million tons of carbon
emissions and $2.8
billion in damages, UC
Davis researchers
determined that fuel
treatments prevented
nearly 60 premature
deaths.
By
Steven Rodas
Work
to reduce excess
flammable vegetation
in forests warded off
the release of 2.7
million tons of carbon
dioxide, averted
nearly 60 premature
deaths and avoided
$2.8 billion in
damages in the Western
U.S., according to a
new study from the
University of
California, Davis.
 
Shifting
winds placed a former
nuclear reactor and
rocket testing site in
the path of the
growing Sandy Fire.
The region’s first
major blaze of the
season raised alarm
from families aware of
the site’s history and
spotty cleanup.
By
Steven Rodas, Nina
Dietz
WEST
HILLS, Calif.—Her gray
SUV packed and a
fire-proof bag ready,
Melissa Bumstead
didn’t waste any time
Monday as plumes of
smoke engulfed the sky
near her suburb.
The
Channel Islands are
home to hundreds of
unique species, and an
unchecked blaze is
tearing through one of
the archipelago’s most
untouched lands.
By
Kiley Price
An
unrelenting wildfire
has swallowed nearly a
third of Santa Rosa
Island, a small strip
of land off the coast
of California that is
largely uninhabited by
people but abundant
with wildlife and
plants, including
several found nowhere
else on Earth.
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