On the heels of the 1-year anniversary of the CZU Lightning Complex Fires, “Big Basin Redwood Forest, California’s Oldest State Park,” shares the true story of a conservation victory for the ages while raising funds to support the fire recovery effort at Big Basin Redwoods State Park.
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Giant Forest trees prepped for flames in Sequoia National Park as KNP Complex fire closes in
Flames from the KNP Complex fire were within reach Thursday of the sequoias in the Giant Forest, fire crews warned. “A lot of special effort is going into protecting this grove,” a parks spokesperson said as firefighters wrapped trees and structures in a fire-resistant aluminum material.
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With a warming climate, coastal fog around the world is declining
In California, dissipating “June gloom” could bring a dismal future for some of the state’s iconic redwoods and other plants, animals and humans that depend on the water coastal fog brings.
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Lightning, fire, flash floods: California gripped by extreme weather
Severe lightning and thunderstorms spurred shelter-in-place warnings, rockfalls and mudslides, and the threat of new ignitions to already massive wildfires.
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Save Our Shores hires marine science expert as executive director
Erica Donnelly-Greenan will start her new job as executive director of Save Our Shores on Monday. She takes over for Katherine O’Dea, who announced in April she was stepping down after six-plus years in the position.
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Gray whales: What to know about our West Coast leviathans and their uncertain future
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All-out fight to save South Lake Tahoe as Caldor fire forces evacuation warnings
The Caldor fire has swelled past 143,000 acres and continues to burn toward South Lake Tahoe, where evacuation warnings have people on high alert. The blaze was only 12% contained as of Friday morning.
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Caldor fire approaches Lake Tahoe; residents brace for the worst
A spot fire threatened the community of Twin Bridges, about nine miles from the shore of the lake, prompting evacuation warnings. Gusting winds Wednesday pushed the fire toward the lake, and warmer temperatures forecast for later this week could also spur the blaze.
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Pentagon approves extending wildfire surveillance program vital to California firefighters
The FireGuard program is hugely popular throughout the West among federal and state fire commanders, who have come to rely on military and government satellite imagery to help them make on-the-ground decisions about strategy and evacuations.
