Before the colonial era, 100,000s of people lived on the land now called California, and many of their cultures manipulated fire to control the availability of plants they used for food, fuel, tools, and ritual. Contemporary tribes continue to use fire to maintain desired habitat and natural resources. Frank Lake, an ecologist with the U.S. […]
Alaska State Troopers found the remains of 29-year-old O’Thaniel Cooper after a fire in Kenai was extinguished on Friday morning. Troopers responded to a structure fire involving a barn in the Kenai are at 11:56 am on Friday along with Central Emergency Services. When the barn fire was put out troopers discovered the remains of […]
Just before 8:30 am on Wednesday morning, Fire and Police Departments in Anchorage were notified and responded to a fatal aircraft crash that occurred on Merrill Field in the heart of Anchorage. One person is confirmed dead in the crash that occurred as the aircraft, a 1947 Piper PA-12, was departing the airport. Killed in the […]
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a widely distributed group of marine bacteria that produce compounds nearly identical to toxic man-made fire retardants. Among the chemicals produced by the ocean-dwelling microbes, which have been found in habitats as diverse as sea grasses, marine sediments and corals, is a […]