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Jade A. Cobern, MD, MPH, board-certified in pediatrics and general preventive medicine, is a medical fellow of the ABC News Medical Unit. Wildfires pollute the air with smoke, dust, ash.
When responsibly planned, forest restoration projects can improve forest health by reducing density and restoring ecosystems to a more natural state.
A wildfire in Michigan had burned more than 3 square miles (7.7 square km) by late Saturday but an emergency evacuation was halted, the state Department of Natural Resources said. ... The fire had ...
The Meridian Boundary Fire burned 8,586 acres near Grayling, Michigan in 2010.. The U.S. state of Michigan has been the site of several major wildfires.The worst of these were in the lumbering era of the late-1800s when lumbering practices permitted the buildup of large slash piles and altered forest growth patterns which may have contributed to size of the wildfires.
The fire began in the vicinity of Sleeper Lake and burned towards the southeast over largely uninhabited marsh and bogs. By August 5, 2007, southeasterly winds began to push the fire towards the north, threatening structures and forcing nearby residents to evacuate. [1] By that point, the fire had burned an estimated 12,000 acres (49 km 2). [1]
Should you have a bonfire this fall? How do you do it safely while preventing fire? We asked Fayette County’s fire marshal for safety tips
In New York, where thousands of acres of land are engulfed in wildfires each year, the state says that 47% of all wildfires occur from March 15 to May 15. About 15 wildland fires are reported each ...
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