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Topic: Wildfires

Fire blazes at Rum Creek fire in Oregon: August, 2022.

Photo story: Fighting fire with forecasts

September 20, 2022

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Fire blazes at Rum Creek fire in Oregon: August, 2022.

A fire cloud over the ridgeline rising from the Bootleg wildfire in Oregon, July 7, 2021.

Wildfire climate connection

July 12, 2022

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A fire cloud over the ridgeline rising from the Bootleg wildfire in Oregon, July 7, 2021.

A view of New Mexico’s Black Fire from an air attack on May 16, 2022.

NOAA satellites improve estimates of wildfire smoke, air quality predictions

June 9, 2022

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aircraft operations

A view of New Mexico’s Black Fire from an air attack on May 16, 2022.

Firefighters conduct firing operations during New Mexico's Hermits Peak fire on May 9, 2022. The Hermits Peak Fire is the largest in New Mexico's history.

May 2022 was warm and wet across the U.S.

June 8, 2022

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monthly climate report

Firefighters conduct firing operations during New Mexico's Hermits Peak fire on May 9, 2022. The Hermits Peak Fire is the largest in New Mexico's history.

Volunteers plant natural grasses safely behind a newly constructed breakwater, which is part of a living shoreline project, at Camp Wilkes in Biloxi, Mississippi. The breakwater’s role is to reduce erosion on the shoreline by decreasing the wave energy and allowing plants to grow on the shore.

NOAA, NFWF grant $25.2 million for emergency coastal resilience

June 6, 2022

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Volunteers plant natural grasses safely behind a newly constructed breakwater, which is part of a living shoreline project, at Camp Wilkes in Biloxi, Mississippi. The breakwater’s role is to reduce erosion on the shoreline by decreasing the wave energy and allowing plants to grow on the shore.

Welcome to noaa.gov

Fire weather tools

June 1, 2022

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Welcome to noaa.gov

An infrared spectrometer and ceilometer sit in the foreground with a trapezoidal radar wind profiler in the background, in a grassy field in Courtland, Alabama.

Wildfire infrastructure

May 24, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

An infrared spectrometer and ceilometer sit in the foreground with a trapezoidal radar wind profiler in the background, in a grassy field in Courtland, Alabama.

A bright orange wildfire with billowing black smoke looms over the evergreen hills outside Walden, CO.

Wildfire research operations

May 24, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

A bright orange wildfire with billowing black smoke looms over the evergreen hills outside Walden, CO.

forecaster seated and working at a bank of four computer screens

Water Resources Development Act data acquisition

May 24, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

forecaster seated and working at a bank of four computer screens

North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN) Carrington Station in an open field.

Soil Moisture and Snowpack Pilot Program

May 24, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN) Carrington Station in an open field.

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