Tag Archives: Wildfires

Editor’s Note: This article appears in Governing‘s Summer 2024 magazine. You can subscribe here. On the morning of Sept. 5, 2023, a fire sprang to life in a redwood forest in Humboldt County, Calif. It was spotted by one of more than a thousand cameras that are part of a backcountry network …

By Paul Peterson / For The Herald The old adage “Mother Nature is the great equalizer” rings particularly true in recent decades, as we’ve witnessed some of the most devastating weather and fire disasters in our nation’s history. Washington state is no stranger to these tragic events: The Labor Day …

A new approach using multiple swarms of drones could be used to manage natural disasters like forest fires. The technique is being tested by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Climate change is making catastrophic weather events like wildfires more frequent and severe. “A swarm of drones could …

Enlarge / Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2020 shows the wreckage at the site where a wildfire swept through in Vacaville of Solano County in northern California. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The US interior department’s decision not to buy more drones with Chinese parts has made it more …

Well after sundown, when the night slides into early morning hours, Chris Healy and his team will send out a drone that will soar far from sight. They fly over areas less accessible to humans and map out large swaths of land where wildfires may be burning. By morning, the …