WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 012015

United States

California

(1) A new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looks at how the increasing density of forests in the Golden State over the past century has contributed to forest fires
Drought, fire management and land use changes have led to denser forests in California

Oklahoma

(2) Firefighters continued to monitor the remains of a 1,600-acre wildfire in Logan County Crews still monitoring hot spots from Oklahoma wild fires

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