Colorado's mountain communities experiencing issues obtaining fire insurance
Things like fuel density and previous losses, as well as losses in surrounding areas, can cause these homes to become uninsurable with the big companies.
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Things like fuel density and previous losses, as well as losses in surrounding areas, can cause these homes to become uninsurable with the big companies.
A new paper, “Wildlands-urban fire disasters aren’t a wildfire problem,” published in PNAS, challenges traditional approaches to wildfire management strategies.
George Wuerthner writes, The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 both direct funding towards logging (thinning) and prescribed burning as the preventative means of precluding urban fires.
DENVER (AP) — A year after the most destructive wildfire in the state's history scorched nearly 1,100 homes, Colorado lawmakers are considering joining other Western states by adopting artificial intelligence in the hopes of detecting blazes before they burn out of control.
A year after the most destructive wildfire in the state’s history scorched nearly 1,100 homes, Colorado lawmakers are considering joining other Western states by adopting artificial intelligence in the hopes of detecting blazes before they burn out of control. A Colorado Senate committee on Thursday unanimously voted to move forward a bill to create a…