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The worst season for a0 years. it says that in a huge blow to british heritage, many iconic trees have been lost. so, this is a national champion crested beech. its a champion of britain and ireland. because its the biggest tree of that species in terms of girth. when you lose any big, really big prominent tree, its sad. and this one particularly because its been at wray castle for a long time. its an important tree because its the biggest. and to see it blown over is really sad. i think its pro...

Its an important tree because its the biggest. and to see it blown over is really sad. i think its probably a douglas fir. richard takes us deep into the worst hit area. its still closed to the public. many of these trees have been weakened and his team hasnt yet been able to make it safe. this is the kind of hidden damage that forest managers are really worried about. across the uk there are hundreds of thousands of giant trees like this that have fallen. many of the felled trees can be sold fo...

I think its probably a douglas fir. richard takes us deep into the worst hit area. its still close to the public. its still closed to the public. many of these trees have been weakened and his team hasnt yet been able to make it safe. this is the kind of hidden damage that forest managers are really worried about. across the uk there are hundreds of thousands of giant trees like this that have fallen. many of the felled trees can be sold for timber, but there are so many of them that they are li...

Champion crested beech. its a champion of britain and ireland. because its the biggest tree of that species in terms of growth. when you lose any big, really big prominent tree, its sad. and this one particularly because its been at ray castle for a long time. its an important tree because its the biggest. and to see it blown over is really sad. i think its probably a douglas fir. richard takes us deep into the worst hit area. its still close to the public. many of these trees have been weakened...

To british heritage, many iconic trees have been lost. so this is a national champion crested beech. its a champion of britain and ireland because its the biggest tree of that species in terms of girth. when you lose any big — really big, prominent tree, its sad, and this one particularly, because its been at wray castle for a long time. its an important tree because its the biggest, and to see it blown over is really sad. i think its probably a douglas fir. richard takes us deep into the wors...

This project. we ended up getting these documents by asking federal forest managers to share with us the correspondence they had with the company as the company was saying they needed to upgrade these lines. in this correspondence they say very clearly we need to replace 49 you toers because of age and we need to replace conductor and hear ward because of age and integrity. and it is activity at times to permit in these forests. they first proposed the work in 2013 and this isnt the only project...

The effort to, you know, basically distract the public from the real factor of these fires. ignition can be caused by many things, and the specifics is of what caused the initial fire is not always that relevant, because the issue with the wildfires that have seen is the remarkable rate at which they have spread and the intensity and the extent that characterizes these fires. no question at all, that we would not see the rapidly spreading wildfires in the absence of the huge amount of fuel that ...

Provides the dangerous winds that have whipped the fires ande change over the long-haul is killing and drying the shrubs and trees that fry the fuel. thats not to say california is blameless. urban develop an encroaching on wildlands also is a factor. >> obviously the dry conditions are big factor in this recurring drought making it worse. you cant ignore the effected state and local and federal regulations are having in much of these for us. much of them are federally owned and they havent been...

The ap doing fact checking, nature provides dangerous winds that whipped the fires and human caused climate change over the long haul is drying shrubs and trees that provide the fuel, not to say california is blameless, urban development encroaching on wildlands is also a factor. >> obviously the dry conditions are a big factor in the recurring droughts making it worse. we cant ignore the effects state and local and federal regulations are having. much of these forest are federally owned, havent...

Power line may have sparked this inferno. thats certainly part of this ongoing investigation into the cause. but president trump is weighing in, and he blames the states forest managers, tweeting this morning quote, theres no reason for these massive deadly and costly fires in california. billions of dollars are given each year with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forest. remedy now or no more fed payments. in a later tweet, the president expressed his support for t...