U.S. Forest Service – California Globe

OPINION: Fighting Fire With Fire – The Demise of Prometheus

August 19, 2024 2:45 amAugust 19, 2024 2:46 am

As the wildfire crisis in the American West reaches a tipping point, it’s time for a candid conversation about the role of federal agencies in managing forests and fighting this plague of devastating fires. LAKE TAHOE, NV. As the American...

SoCal Edison to Pay $80 Million In Settlement Over 2017 Thomas Wildfire

February 28, 2024 2:33 amFebruary 28, 2024 6:32 am

The United States Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California announced this week that the electric utility company Southern California Edison (SoCal Edison) has agreed to pay $80 million to resolve a lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. Forest...

Two Words Explain California’s Wildfire Woes: Spotted Owl

October 13, 2022 10:41 amOctober 13, 2022 12:50 pm

Some things in life are hard to understand and explain. The theory of relativity, for example, or the origins of black holes. Other things are easy to grasp, however. Such as: California’s wildfire woes. In the past five years summer...

Yosemite Oak Fire Burns as Left Claims Climate Change is Culprit

July 25, 2022 3:31 pm

The Oak Fire, which is raging near Yosemite National Park right now, was sparked as firefighters were battling the Washburn Fire. The Washburn Fire, more than 1,500-acres, broke out in the Mariposa Grove, home to more than 500 mature giant sequoias,...

The McClintock Interview: Covid Mandates, Energy, Forest Fires

July 11, 2022 11:26 amJuly 11, 2022 1:53 pm

As public officials in California and Washington D.C. are signaling there could be more Covid mask mandates and lockdowns may be coming (coinciding with the fall midterm elections), even as “the rest of the world has accepted the endemic nature...

Man Who Set 2020 Big Sur Dolan Fire Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison

May 20, 2022 12:43 pm

Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni announced on Thursday that Monterey County Superior Court Judge Pamela Butler had sentenced the arsonist who set off the Dolan Fire in August 2020 to 24 years in prison due to the fire injuring...

VP Harris Visits So Cal, Announces $600 Million in Wildfire Disaster Relief Funding

January 22, 2022 2:19 amJanuary 21, 2022 10:10 pm

Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in San Bernardino on Friday, beginning a weekend Southern California visit by touring wildfire damaged forests and announcing $600 million in disaster relief funding for the U.S. Forest Service in the state. Harris was joined...