by Joe Stone | Dec 12, 2022 | Fire Truth, In Depth
On the night of October 8, 1871, in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, “all hell rode into town on the back of a wind.” In two hours, the Peshtigo Fire decimated a swath of forest 10 miles wide by 40 miles long and obliterated the towns of Peshtigo and Brussels in northeastern...
by FSEEE | Sep 20, 2020 | Fire Truth, In the News, Science Notes
By Guest Columnist Tom Spies in The Oregonian — Spies is an emeritus scientist with the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. He lives in Corvallis. The devastating wildfires in western Oregon have caused tragic losses of life, homes and forests....