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Big Basin Redwoods State Park, CA, Will Partially Reopen on July 22nd for First Time after Wildfire Tore Through it in 2020

BOULDER CREEK, Calif. — California State Parks and Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks today announced Big Basin Redwoods State Park will partially reopen July 22 for limited day-use access through a reservation system. Reservations will be available starting July 1. Big Basin has been closed to the public since the CZU Lightning Complex Fire tore through the park in August 2020. Flames engulfed more […]

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Firebrains | June 30, 2022
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3 Separate Wildfires Reported in Jackson Hole, WY, Area Over Last Few Days

Only in the past few days have three wildfires been reported in the Jackson Hole, Wyoming, area. They include: A currently 64-acre-and-growing fire called the “Sandy Fire” burning in the Big Piney Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, roughly six miles west of Bondurant. A fire in Grand Teton National Park is visible from Highway 191 southwest of Glacier […]

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Firebrains | June 30, 2022
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700 Firefighters Responding to Wildfire Started in Northern California this Week

At least 700 wildlands firefighters are currently battling the Rices Fire in northern California near Bridgeport where hundreds of residents have been evacuated from their homes. The Rices Fire started at around 2 p.m. near the Yuba River in Nevada County and had spread to more than 500 acres by nightfall, according to the Associated Press. The fire is located […]

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Firebrains | June 29, 2022
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Over 770,000 Acres Already Burned by Wildfires in Alaska This Year

This article originally appeared on nasa.gov On June 4–5, 2022, thunderstorms moved across south-central and southwest Alaska, delivering nearly 5,000 lightning strikes and igniting dozens of wildfires. It was the latest outbreak in an unusually active fire season so far. As of June 14, 2022, there were 85 active fires burning across the state. More than half of them were burning in southwest Alaska, […]

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Firebrains | June 15, 2022
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New Mexico Wildfire, Now Largest in State History and Visible from Space, Prompts Mandatory Evacuation for 2 Ski Areas

 Wildfire season is here and New Mexico’s already got it BAD. Like biggest-fire-in-state-history, seen-from-outer-space, and so-big-that-it’s-creating-its-own-weather-patterns, bad. The wildfire burning in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains east of Santa Fe has been ongoing for over 40 days and is now the largest in the state’s recorded history. So far, it’s burned an area roughly the size of Los Angeles […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | May 18, 2022
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NASA: Wildfires Continue to Burn Across New Mexico

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Early season wildfires continued to rage in the first week of May 2022 in northern New Mexico. The blazes have been driven by high winds, low humidity, and exceptionally dry tinder—grass, brush, and timber—that are providing ample fuel for burning. The fires have destroyed hundreds of structures and prompted the evacuation of thousands of homes. On May 3, 2022, seven […]

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Firebrains | May 4, 2022
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NASA: Wildfires Scorch Northern New Mexico

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Fire season in New Mexico arrived early and aggressively in 2022, fueled by strong, gusty winds, extremely low humidity, and an exceedingly dry landscape. As of April 19, nearly 99 percent of the state was dealing with some level of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, with 63 percent rated at extreme to exceptional levels of dryness. Amid those […]

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Firebrains | April 26, 2022
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4 Intuitive Ways to Construct and Prepare for Wildfires

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Article by Rachel Perez Wildfires are some of the most destructive forces of nature. Over the past few decades, unfortunately, wildfires have become more common and more consuming. In the past 15 years alone, nearly 90,000 structures were burned by wildfires. When building in wildfire-prone areas, preparation and foresight will help prevent even more structures from succumbing to the flames. […]

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Guest Author | April 25, 2022
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