Wildfires in California

California 108 reopens south of Nevada line

rgj.com     Aug 18, 2008   12 related          

A California highway that was closed due to a wildfire just south of the Nevada state line has reopened. State Highway 108 known as the Sonora Pass Road had been closed on Sunday about 1.5 miles west of its intersection with...                    

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International Barrier Technology Realizes 27% Sales Revenue Growth and 15.5% Sales Volumes Growth...

marketwire.com     Aug 18, 2008   2 related          

WATKINS, MN and VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - August 18, 2008) - International Barrier Technology Inc. ("Barrier") (OTCBB: IBTGF) (TSX-V: IBH), a manufacturer of proprietary fire resistant building materials, is pleased to...                    

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Outdoor Fire Safety And A History Of It In America

misterarticle.com     Aug 19, 2008   1 related          

Outdoor Fire Safety And A History Of It In America There have been so many areas in our country that have been experiencing wildfires that have threatened businesses and homes. Although occasionally these horrible fires are set...                    

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Wildfire's Tiny Victim Still Recovering

cbsnews.com     Aug 19, 2008          

CBS Evening News: Bear Cub Rescued By A Firefighter And Named "Li'l Smokey" (CBS) Firefighter Adam Deem knows his little cub is no teddy bear. He can be cuddled only because he's heavily sedated to treat the second degree burns...                    

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Oregon wilderness fire was being managed

nwsource.com     Aug 19, 2008   10 related          

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEND, Ore. -- Fire supervisors working in five national forests in Oregon and Washington have the authority to hold back on some fires, designating them as beneficial to the forest. "It gives us the...                    

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Plan to let fires burn needs expert opinion

rgj.com     Aug 18, 2008          

Thousands of blazes have devoured vast amounts of wilderness acreage during the past four months in California. Many of those fires continue to rage and the fire season has barely begun. Still, the proposal to allow wildfires...                    

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EDITORIAL: Roses and Raspberries

nctimes.com     Aug 18, 2008          

The 'Where's the Dress Code Been' award In recent years, many younger North County residents have taken to making the distasteful-to-some fashion statement of pants drooping lower and lower and tank tops dipping lower and lower...                    

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Piute Fire, Sequoia National Forest

redorbit.com     Aug 18, 2008          

Credit: NASA/JSC, Posted on: Monday, 18 August 2008, 08:37 CDT Download full size image The Piute Fire, burning south of Lake Isabella in the Sequoia National Forest in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, was one of the more...                    

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CBS4 Learns Cause of Oxyoke Wildfire

cbs4denver.com     Aug 17, 2008          

DECKERS, Colo. (CBS4) ― Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) confirms one of its power poles most likely caused the Oxyoke Wildfire. "There's a high probability this was the cause," said Ed Jenks, IREA's Operations...                    

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Feds authorize $54 million for Lake Tahoe restoration

montereyherald.com     Aug 17, 2008   3 related          

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Saturday she will seek an extension of a decade-old program to preserve Lake Tahoe's cobalt blue waters, while Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne authorized another $54 million...                    

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