- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Building homes close to wildland areas in the rural West is driving up the cost of fighting wildfires, reported Raju Chebium in USA Today. In California, entire "stealth cities" have sprung up in the mountains — and thousands of people risk losing their homes when wildfires strike, said a UC Cooperative Extension specialist.
In uninhabited areas, authorities can let wildfire run their course. But that's not an option when homes are threatened, said Thomas Scott, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Ecosystem Sciences at UC Riverside....
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Cal Fire, UC Cooperative Extension and other officials will be meeting with residents of Idyllwild tomorrow to enlist their help in stopping the goldspotted oak borers' tree destruction in the picturesque mountain community, reported the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
GSOB appears to have spread to Idyllwild by hitchhiking on firewood from San Diego, where it has killed some 80,000 oak trees. It has been found in only one tree in Idyllwild so far.
Tom Scott, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Environmental...
