The devastating Camp Fire in Northern California, already the state’s most deadly and destructive ever, was finally fully contained on Sunday, 17 days after it broke out, a flash of good news in a blur of bad days in which the numbers of deaths and destroyed structures has risen steadily in a place called Paradise.
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Some of Washington’s Biggest Trees Are Dying and Scientists Don’t Know Why
Something is killing bigleaf maples — Washington’s biggest broadleaf tree — and scientists can’t stop it. They don’t even know what’s causing it. “We’ve looked […]
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California Takes Financial Wallop from Unrelenting Wildfires
California is taking a financial wallop from unrelenting wildfires that have drained its firefighting budget and prompted nearly $1 billion in property claims even before […]
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Pact Strengthens Ties Between Schools, Forestry Institutes
Strengthened ties with Ontario Forest Research Institute and Great Lakes Forestry Centre will help Algoma University lay the groundwork for a new master’s degree in biology that’s expected to launch in fall 2020. […]