Wildfire Partners Program News Today

Residents can discuss wildfire mitigation with Boulder County commissioners at a town hall event at 5:30 to 7 p.m. June 18 at the Sunshine Fire Protection District's Station 1, 311 County Road 83, Boulder.

A new study found seasonal snowpacks throughout New England have shrunk significantly over the past 40 years due to human-driven climate change. Researchers at Dartmouth College say snowpacks have declined between 10% and 20% each decade. Alex Gottlieb, a doctoral candidate at Dartmouth College, said by the end of the 21st century, the region could be close to snow-free in March. ...

The U.S. is reconsidering its use of liquefied natural gas. While it has long been touted as a "clean alternative" to fossil fuels like coal, it has similar impacts in terms of emissions. ...

A New York bill would mandate teaching climate change in the classroom. The proposed bill would establish climate-change courses for all public elementary and secondary schools. It also would provide professional learning opportunities for teachers so they have a better understanding of this subject. ...

They are urban fires initiated by wildfires.

By David Calkin, Kimiko Barrett, Jack Cohen, Mark Finney, Stephen Pyne, and Stephen Quarles for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection for the Pulitzer Center-Public News Service Collaboration. Consider several of the most devastating fire disasters of the last century. In August 2023, the wildfire-initiated urban conflagration of Lahaina, Hawaii, damaged or destroyed more than 2,200 structures and killed 98 people. .....

The Marshall Fire that devastated Boulder County in December 2021 was caused by two fires that later became one, according to a newly-released investigation into the fire's origin.

The Marshall Fire exposed the need to reduce wildfire risk on the grasslands of Boulder County. But there’s a problem: Even the best fire-prevention techniques on the plains don’t work as well as they do in the mountains.

The Marshall Fire exposed major vulnerability in grassland fire-prevention techniques. A new county working group is trying to pin down solutions.