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MURFREESBORO, TENN. - The Arbor Day Foundation has named Middle Tennessee Electric a 2023 Tree Line USA® utility to honor its commitment to urban forestry in the utility’s service area. This marks the fifth consecutive year MTE has earned this recognition. “Our vegetation management team is always looking for ways to anticipate issues while responsibly taking care of the vegetation and beauty surrounding us,” said Talley Floyd, MTE vegetation program man ...

We begin the new year facing serious problems, so in this issue we look for possible solutions. Our feature considers proposals to breach four dams on the lower Snake River, which would benefit endangered fish and Indigenous tribes, but harm local farmers and the river’s industrial users. A proposed wildfire-risk map ends in ashes in Oregon, while Indigenous women respond to innovative workshops on prescribed and cultural burning. In Colorado, scientists employ assisted migration, moving Rio Grande cutthroat trout to cooler waters. Locals fight to save black walnut trees while fending off ge...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection uses controlled burns to reduce fire intensity.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will be doing aerial patrol across San Luis Obispo County and portions of northern Santa Barbara County through the end of October looking for trees that could pose a wildfire risk.

Last week PG&E held a virtual town hall for San Mateo County residents interested in learning more about customer resources and the company’s progress on wildfire safety work. That includes