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Alaska National Guard Supports the Division of Forestry

By Lt Col Candis Olmstead | MVA on Aug 22, 2019   Featured, Interior Alaska, Southcentral, State  

Alaska National Guard Supports the Division of Forestry

  The Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, supports the McKinley Fire suppression mission Aug. 19, 2019, with two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The helicopters dropped more than 100,000 gallons of water during a total of 9.5 flight hours in support of this mission. (U.S. Army National Guard video courtesy of First […]

Alaska Army National Guard Black Hawk crews and Military Police respond to wildfires

By Lt. Col. Candis A. Olmstead | AKANG on Jul 6, 2019   Featured, State  

Alaska Army National Guard Black Hawk crews and Military Police respond to wildfires

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard is assisting local and state authorities with response to three fires in Alaska today, including the Shovel Creek Fire near Fairbanks, the lower hillside Anchorage wildfire, and the Montana Creek area fire south of Talkeetna. “Providing emergency response to natural disasters is one of the key […]

California’s Deadliest Fire Leaves 48 Dead, Hundreds Missing

By VOA on Nov 14, 2018   Featured, National, National/World  

California’s Deadliest Fire Leaves 48 Dead, Hundreds Missing

Search teams in the U.S. state of California found more bodies Tuesday in areas ravaged by the most destructive wildfire in the state’s history, bringing the overall death toll to 48. Crews are working with cadaver dogs and a rapid DNA analysis system in and around Paradise, a town of 27,000 people where in the […]

Alaska Red Cross Volunteers Deployed to California Wildfires

By Cari Dighton | Red Cross on Aug 1, 2018   Featured, National, National/World, State  

Alaska Red Cross Volunteers Deployed to California Wildfires

ANCHORAGE, July 31, 2018 – More than 90 wildfires are raging around the country. In Northern California, devastating fires are burning across more than 110,000 acres, forcing residents from their homes. The American Red Cross is there, providing shelter and comfort for those affected. Among those providing shelter and hope are nine Red Cross of […]

Fires, Floods and Satellite Views: Modeling the Boreal Forest’s Future

By Jessica Merzdorf | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on Jul 26, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Fires, Floods and Satellite Views: Modeling the Boreal Forest’s Future

A new study shows that as those fires scorched a region of boreal forest the size of Maryland, they released half as much carbon back into the atmosphere as all the plants, shrubs and trees in Canada typically store in an entire year. The Arctic is warming faster than any other region on Earth, and […]

California Making Progress Containing Wildfires

By VOA News on Oct 16, 2017   Featured, National, National/World  

California Making Progress Containing Wildfires

Evacuees from a number of counties in California have been allowed to return home as fire fighters say they’ve turned a corner in containing blazes that have devastated the state. “Conditions have drastically changed from just 24 hours ago, and that is definitely a very good sign. And it’s probably a sign we’ve turned a […]

California Guard Deploys to Fight Wildfires; Colorado Guard Expands Firefighting Role

By National Guard Bureau on Jul 11, 2017   Featured, National, National/World  

California Guard Deploys to Fight Wildfires; Colorado Guard Expands Firefighting Role

ARLINGTON, Va. — With a 5,600-acre wildfire burning in Butte County, California National Guard members are mobilized Monday after California Gov. Jerry Brown’s declaration of an emergency yesterday. As of this morning, nearly 85 National Guard members were involved in firefighting operations in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming, National Guard Bureau officials said. Because California Guard members are in the process […]

UM study: Wildfires to Increase in Alaska with Future Climate Change

By Philip Higuera | University of Montana on May 10, 2016   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

UM study: Wildfires to Increase in Alaska with Future Climate Change

MISSOULA – Climate change is melting glaciers, reducing sea-ice cover and increasing wildlife activity – with some of the most dramatic impacts occurring in the northern high latitudes. New research by University of Montana affiliate scientist Adam Young and UM fire ecology Associate Professor Philip Higuera projects an increased probability of fires occurring in Alaskan […]

Alaska’s Wildfires and the Changing Boreal Forest

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jul 27, 2015   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Alaska’s Wildfires and the Changing Boreal Forest

In late July, more than 300 wildfires are burning in Alaska. With burned acreage totals one month ahead of the historic 2004 fire season, summer 2015 is again the year of the wildfire. Many scientists are not surprised. In papers written a few years ago, Alaska researchers and others suggested smoky years like this one […]

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