Tackling the Climate Crisis sofmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sofmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lakeview District BLM to Conduct Aerial Herbicide Applications
Lakeview, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District will be performing aerial herbicide applications across 8,622 acres of the 2020 Brattain Fire starting April 12, 2021, and is expected to be completed by April 24, depending on weather conditions.
The BLM is spraying the Brattain Fire area to control and prevent invasions of invasive annual grasses. The non-native annual grasses out complete native species by germinating early and taking available nutrients and water in the soil. Controlling the annual grasses will allow the native plants to rehabilitate without competition.
Maps will be posted along the main roads entering the project areas. Treatments will take up to two weeks for implementation and are dependent upon weather conditions. We ask that people and pets avoid camping or traveling through the treated areas during this time to allow aerial applicators to accomplish treatments in a safe
America s year of wildfires
Vehicles are seen along Interstate 80 as flames from the LNU Lighting Complex Fire are seen on both sides on the outskirts of Vacaville, California, August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Reuters / Wednesday, August 19, 2020 Vehicles are seen along Interstate 80 as flames from the LNU Lighting Complex Fire are seen on both sides on the outskirts of Vacaville, California, August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Close 1 / 50
Flames are seen along the east side of Lake Berryessa during the LNU Lighting Complex Fire near Berryessa Highlands, California, August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Reuters / Thursday, August 20, 2020
Firefighters return to Michigan after helping with historic western wildfire season
Kathleen Lavey, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Dec. 11, 2020
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Paul Dunn and Ben Osterland, two Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters, drove an off-road fire truck from Michigan to California to help with the Lake Fire outside of Los Angeles. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources/Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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Support vehicles parked along Pine Canyon Road, north of Los Angeles, California, while the Lake Fire is visible in the background. (Judy Nathan/U.S. Forest Service Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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Paul Dunn has been fighting wildfires in Michigan for 15 years, the last two of them as a full-time firefighter for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Local fire officials reflect on historic 2020 fire season heraldandnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldandnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.