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Fire Restrictions In Northern California Counties

July 27, 2016 | Ed Joyce

Dangerous fire weather conditions has prompted one federal agency to impose fire restrictions on public lands in northern California.

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Summer Of Wildfires As Drought Persists In California

June 30, 2016 | Ed Joyce

The drought in California, in its fifth consecutive year, has created conditions ripe for wildfires. The National Interagency Fire Center predicts "above normal" fire potential through September for portions of California, Nevada and Idaho.

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More Wildfires, Starting Sooner, Burning More Acres

June 28, 2016 | Ed Joyce

A new report says more people in California are at risk from wildfire and fires are starting earlier and are three times larger than in the 1970s.

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Central California Fire Burns Structures, Spurs Evacuation

June 24, 2016 | Ed Joyce

UPDATE June 26: Fire managers says the Erskine Fire near Lake Isabella in Kern County has grown to 43,460 acres and is 40 percent contained. Two people have died, and more than 250 structures have been destroyed and an additional 75 damaged.

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US Agency's Nevada Boss Urges Roundup Of 4,000 Mustangs

May 2, 2016

(AP) — The Bureau of Land Management's Nevada director wants to round up 4,000 wild horses in Elko County this summer in response to the continued deterioration of drought-stricken rangeland.

BLM Offers $10K Reward In Nevada Wild Horse Killing

March 15, 2016

(AP) - The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $10,000 reward in the investigation of the killing of a federally protected wild horse at a state prison camp near Carson City in early October.

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Fire Restrictions Lifted In Tahoe National Forest

October 6, 2015 | Ed Joyce

Fire restrictions are being lifted in the Tahoe National Forest Tuesday.

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