Everywhere. The runners breaking out those red and white sweaters and the mission to raise money for a fireravaged canyon. Good morning, i m randy price. Emily and i m emily riemer with cindy fitzgibbon. You will notice the change when you head out the door. Cindy not so bad. The high yesterday was 48 degrees. Look at the temperature now. It is warmer. It is 49. 50 s on the cape. Teens and 20 s yesterday morning. We have turned the wind around to the southwest. It could gust in the cape today to 45 miles per hour. We have a wind advisory. The north, a couple of showers. We see moderate rain moving through from nashua to newburyport. The threat for showers stays north of the pike. Towards lunchtime, there could be a sprinkle towards the pike. Clouds break for a little bit of mostly cloudy day. 50. Into the 60 s by the afternoon. Looking for a high of 64 in boston. To the north, a couple of showers. Olessa let s get to the maps and see the rest of your trip. The construction and the fina
Standards. Jersey shore this is one location where a lot of owhithat continueto and even a few leftover showers. Extreme northern forces of l do. Nor the most part its clearing out. Double scan showing the visible satellite and superimposed on to this you can see most of theowco southern new jersey. Areas south and east of i5 agaifr lets wildwoodllville al7 reading 78, allentown 77. Cooler closer to the water though because of the cloud cover. Sea isle city and boardwalk in accuweather both 71. Millville 73. Were also picking up gusty wind as that area of low pressure which is just off the coast and pulling awayegins to strengthen a little bit. Winds east, northeast, and beach haven and nearly 30 in wildwood. Forecast for the rest of the afternoon. Accuweather says its a ce looking day. Combination of sun and clouds. It will be a little breezy at south jerz write and jersey shore. 8 degrees though. Its n mdle of july and fairly comfortable humidity levels though slightly more humid tha
Protect our watershed. Were also involved in a project with the Forest Service, bureau of reclamation city and national tore rest foundation to treat the 634,000 acre watershed that drains into the cc craigen reservoir. The projects were currently involved with highlight the need to improve federal policy to more efficiently make progress in restoring our forests and protecting our watersheds. Specifically there is a need to improve both Fire Suppression budgeting and the planning and compliance process for restoration proper skrektss. The cc craigen is a perfect example of why we need to address both issues at the same time. We appreciate the priority of the tore rest service and department of interior have praised on this project, however, despite the significance funding and staff dedicated, it is expected to take at least two if not three years before any thinning can be done on the ground. This is too long to simply hope that a fire doesnt destroy the craigen watershed. We must fi
Vent of a Biomass Program might be able to do to help . First, with the increase in funding we received this year for hazardous fuels and where the majority of our work is in the wild land urban interface, that is going to allow us to expand that and have more acres. For instance, theres 2. 5 million acres as the target for this year, and out of that, 2. 1 of that occurs in the highest priority areas. The second part of it is with finding more use for the biomass and whether its through an integrated wood product that can expand markets or to be able to use it for Energy Conversion and institute that for other energy sources, i think those are the things we have to continue to work on. I think where weve been able to use the authorities that subsidize the transportation of biomass, its allowed for new facilities to be to come online and be able to provide Additional Support for those new businesses, you know and so those are the things we just need to, you know, continue to be able to
The wild land urban interface, that is going to allow us to expand that and have more acres. For instance, theres 2. 5 million acres as the target for this year, and out of that, 2. 1 of that occurs in the highest priority areas. The second part of it is with finding more use for the biomass and whether its through an integrated wood product that can expand markets or to be able to use it for Energy Conversion and institute that for other energy sources, i think those are the things we have to continue to work on. I think where weve been able to use the authorities that subsidize the transportation of biomass, its allowed for new facilities to be to come online and be able to provide Additional Support for those new businesses, you know and so those are the things we just need to, you know, continue to be able to work on and then the program that we have to help folks be able to receive grants to do the Economic Analysis to put a Business Case together, so that they are in a much bette