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Burkett named WCO in new game commission district
Those who have felt that the Lehigh Valley has been underserved by the number of Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officers stationed here can take a huge sigh of relief. Shawna Burkett, a 24-year-old fresh out of the 29th — and...Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Conservation, Politics, Endangered Species
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Early season Colorado wildfire forces evacuations; residents tense
A Colorado wildfire that forced hundreds of evacuations raged Saturday afternoon west of Fort Collins. The blaze, which was started accidentally, has burned between 750 and 1,000 acres. It started Friday afternoon in a rural residential community near...Tags: American Red Cross
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Wildfire burns pasture land near Hermosa
RAPID CITY, S.D. - It was a bad morning for a wildfire especially near Hermosa. Winds near Hermosa Monday morning were blowing at more than 30 miles per hour when neighbors noticed a fire moving through prairie about two miles east of the town. But in...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather
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Cal Fire's flawed fire plan
California has a love-hate relationship with wildfire. We can't live with it and can't live without it. For thousands of years, fire — caused mainly by lightning — was a natural part of the landscape, which evolved to thrive on and even...
Tags: Ecosystems, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Natural Resource Industry, Science
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Extraordinary snowfall needed to relieve drought
ST. LOUIS (AP) - When his drought-stricken Nebraska farm was blanketed with several inches of snow, Tom Schwarz welcomed the moisture. But it wasn't nearly enough. He had hoped for a wet, snowy winter. Instead, he's watched with worry as the sky spits...Tags: National Weather Service, Water Supply, Droughts, Snow Storms, Environmental Issues
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New climate report: Changes ahead for Hampton Roads
As the climate changes, it means more for Virginia than just rising seas — it means more soaking rains, hotter temperatures, droughts, floods, food insecurity, disease, mental health threats and fiercer hurricanes. According to local experts and a...
Tags: Hampton Roads, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Conservation, NASA, Natural Resources
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Study's anti-grazing myths debunked
A recent study published by a journal called Environmental Management has called for the end of grazing on public lands due to climate change. With funding from the Wyss Foundation, a radical environmentalist, foreign-based organization, researchers...Tags: Conservation, Oregon State University, Global Change, Agriculture, Greenpeace
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Top 5 local weather events of 2012
The following are the top five weather events of 2012 across the WDBJ7 Viewing as voted on by meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Blacksburg. 1. June 29th Derecho and Excessive Heat from late June to mid July A derecho of historic...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Floods, Tropical Storms, Franklin County (Virginia)
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Invasive cheatgrass fuels bigger, more frequent wildfires
When a team of academic researchers blended wildfire data with satellite images from the Great Basin, they confirmed what public land managers and ranchers have seen on the ground for years: cheatgrass, an invasive grass accidentally introduced by...
Tags: Santa Barbara County Fires (2008), The Pennsylvania State University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Science and Technology
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Colorado wildfire burns 4,400 acres, fueled by 70-mph winds
A 2-month-old Colorado wildfire earlier thought to have posed little threat forced hundreds of evacuations Saturday when it burned through three miles of forest in 30 minutes, fueled by 70-mph winds, officials said. More than 500 residents in Larimer...
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Fire burning in Angeles National Forest is 69% contained
L.A. NOWFirefighters continued to make headway Thursday in their efforts to contain a wildfire that has charred 4,180 acres in the Angeles National Forest above Glendora....
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