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Artists and musicians from the Fire and Music Project joined volunteers at a pile burn hosted by the Butte Prescribed Burn Association last month. See photos and hear an audio postcard from that day.
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The town of Paradise will apply for $7 million to improve evacuation messaging. It’s made progress on several other disaster resiliency projects so far.
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The Butte County Board of Supervisors approved the plan unanimously giving residents an easier opportunity to pay for the permits needed to rebuild their homes after wildfire.
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Wildfire isn’t the biggest reason citizens support or oppose Valley’s Edge. But the outcome will say something to other communities about whether voters approve of building homes in high wildfire risk areas.
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Several early intervention and mental health services in Butte County are at risk of losing funding—and possibly closing—if voters approve Proposition 1. Also, California State University student assistants are unionizing, and California lawmakers are trying to push utilities like PG&E toward more cost-effective wildfire safety improvements.
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The new paper shows metal levels in watersheds around Paradise, though higher than normal, aren't “something that the public should be alarmed about.”
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Students and professional fire practitioners are invited to apply to a prescribed fire training taking place in the North State in April. Participants will learn how to light controlled burns in a county that sorely needs more of them.
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The Butte PBA helped a landowner burn vegetation on Pentz Road, a major evacuation route used during the Camp Fire.
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An art exhibit put on by two UC Davis professors shows the future isn’t predetermined when it comes to wildfire.
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One neighborhood in Paradise joined the “Firewise USA” program last year. This year, 20 new neighborhoods are expected.