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Washington s Department of Natural Resources is working with homeowners to reduce their exposure to wildfires.
The Wildfire Ready Neighbors program is sending fire experts to rural areas to talk about specific ways property owners can make their homes safer. I had a fire expert come to my place, northwest of Spokane. It s a classic eastern Washington landscape, open dry grass meadows with small stands of ponderosa pines. The fire danger has always been here but has become more worrisome in recent years.
The Wildfire Ready Neighbors program sent former Fire District 5 Commissioner Bonnie Cobb. Cobb walked around my property and made specific suggestions about how to make sure if a fire comes to my area, it doesn t spread to my home. First, she examined the immediate zone closest to my house.
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Irvine Ranch Conservancyâs Dedication to Wildfire Prevention
Photograph courtesy of Irvine Ranch Conservancy
The first Saturday in May is Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, a national campaign to reduce the frequency and severity of wildfires. Orange Countyâs two major fires last year burned a third of the land that the Irvine Ranch Conservancy manages, including Limestone Canyon and two restoration projects the conservancy had worked on for more than a decade. âWildfire is the single greatest threat to the long-term health of these plants,â says Michael OâConnell, the conservancyâs president and CEO. âThese lands are adapted to burning once every 70 to 100 years. Theyâre currently burning every seven to 10 years.â The organization has a dedicated Fire Watch program, which monitors areas prone to wildfires during Santa Ana winds, Red Flag Warning days, and other days with potential fire danger such as the 4th of July.
California Elected Officials, Civic Leaders React to George Floyd Verdict
“The hard truth,” Gov. Newsom said in an April 20 statement, “is that if George Floyd looked like me, he’d still be alive today.” Newsom made the remark after a Hennepin County jury found Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 45, guilty in the murder of George Floyd.
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ByBy Antonio Ray Harvey, Bo Tefu and Tanu Henry, California Black Media Photo by: Antonio Ray Harvey. Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-LA), Tecoy Porter, President of National Action Network Sacramento, Western Region, Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), vice-chair of the CLBC, Senator Steven Bradford (D-LA ), chair CLBC, Assemblymember Chris Holden ( D-Pasadena) Assemblymember Kevin McCarty ( D-Sacramento) and Secretary of State Shirley Weber. Photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.