Tag: wildfires
Boots on the Ground, Wings in the Sky
By Luke Carothers
In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the United States. Although landfall in Florida caused damage, the bulk of the...
Plan Sheets + Red Lines – December 2019
Before it all Burns Down
It seems like the wildfires in California just keep getting worse. And that they may not ever end. We were...
California wildfires: GIS technology helps rebuild lives
M.E. (Moe) Adams, resident engineer at the Mendocino County Field Recovery Office, looks over the destruction in the Fisher Lake area of Mendocino County,...
Increases in wildfire-caused erosion could impact water in the West
A growing number of wildfire-burned areas throughout the western United States are expected to increase soil erosion rates within watersheds, causing more sediment to be present in downstream rivers and reservoirs, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey.
