WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 100915

United States

(1) Wildfire NOTD subscriber Bruce Courtright, Chairman of the National Institute for the Elimination of Catastrophic Wildfire, sent along an Op-Ed piece which upbraids USFS Chief Tidwell for blaming climate change for the current crop of mega-fires ravaging the West rather than citing the accumulation of fuel as the cause
Chief Tidwell has spent too much time in D.C.: Robin Stanley’s response to the Chief’s Evergreen interview

California

(2) San Diego fire officials unveiled a new $4.4 million, 375-gallon firefighting helicopter, the third in the county’s fleet, which will be flown by the San Diego County Sheriff’s aviation unit
San Diego County Unveils New Firefighting Helicopter As Hot, Dry Temperatures Set In

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