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The Clearinghouse is administered by the California Fire Safe Council, Inc. (CFSCI) on behalf of the members of the Fire Alliance. For these services, the CFSCI receives reimbursement or direct and indirect expenses related to grant administration. The CFSCI is a 501(c)(3) California non-profit corporation headquartered in McClellan, California.
Tree farm systems in each state are self-governing and all work under specific guidelines developed by the ATFS's National Operating Committee. The term tree farming was introduced in 1940 by linking the terms in an attempt to make it easier for the public to conceptualize that trees are renewable resources. [20]
For those located in California seeking refuge or services, the American Red Cross emergency shelter is at Westwood Recreation Center, located at 350 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Los Angeles.
According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 wildfires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares) in the U.S. state of California in 2023. This was below the state's five-year average of 1,722,059 acres (696,893 ha) burned during the same period.
A single tree can capture up to 250 tons in its lifetime, the equivalent of removing nearly 200 cars from the road for an entire year. But between logging and fires, 95% of California's redwoods ...
A family in San Carlos, California, is facing an impossible decision: spend more than $40,000 to remove a nearly 500-year-old heritage white oak tree in their backyard or find new homeowners ...
Fire safe councils are grassroots community-based organizations in California that share the objective of making communities less vulnerable to catastrophic wildfire.Fire safe councils accomplish this objective through education programs and projects such as shaded fuel breaks or firebreaks to protect area residents against an oncoming wildfire and to provide firefighters with a place to fight ...
A renewable energy company will soon begin clearing thousands of protected Joshua trees just outside this desert town, including many thought to be a century old, to make way for a sprawling solar ...