![]() ![]() President Trump has been critical of California’s fire management, tweeting on Jan. 14 story on the importance of “ fighting fire with fuel clearance.” ![]() ( An estimate from the Senate Appropriations Committee projected that 80 percent of the NFS’s workforce, of 28,800 people, would be furloughed.) The agency’s home page did display a Dec. There are also concerns that areas where fire season starts earlier - in the Southeast and Southwest - could face greater than usual dangers, putting the potential trouble spots in areas ranging from Redwoods National Forest in Northern California to the pine forests of Florida.įederal agencies manage 19 million acres of forest in California, but due to the shutdown no one at the National Forest Service was available to relay the exact number of employees furloughed nor the numbers of acres that weren’t being cleared due to the shutdown. November’s Camp Fire was the deadliest in the state’s history, killing 86 people and destroying 14,000 homes. ![]() 2018 was one of the worst ever for California wildfires, with nearly 2 million acres burned. ![]()
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She begins this one by saying, “”Calling on Dragons is not merely a book I hadn’t intended to write it is the one book of the four that I actively didn’t want to write. When I recently acquired the e-box set, I discovered Wrede put a little introduction in front of each book. ![]() My least favorite of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. 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Thousands of years have passed since humankind abandoned the city first for the countryside, then for the stars, and ultimately for oblivion leaving their most loyal animal companions alone on Earth. ![]() This award-winning science fiction classic explores a far-future world inhabited by intelligent canines who pass down the tales of their human forefathers. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Monica said he had to come home to her so he did. I adored all three characters, but I can’t lie it was the relationship between the heroines that rocked my world. Yes, it is exactly as awesome as it sounds. ![]() Pink Slip is about a pair of long-married spies who fall in love with their personal assistant. It’s a balance, like a well-crafted sword.” Maybe I push you now and then to act before you can overthink. “Maybe you keep me from doing foolish things sometimes. 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She is also the author of the national bestselling BLACK WINGS series (BLACK WINGS, BLACK NIGHT, BLACK HOWL, BLACK LAMENT, BLACK CITY, BLACK HEART and BLACK SPRING) featuring Agent of Death Madeline Black and her popcorn-loving gargoyle Beezle. ![]() You can visit her on the web at f CHRISTINA HENRY is the author of the CHRONICLES OF ALICE duology, ALICE and RED QUEEN, a dark and twisted take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, as well as LOST BOY: THE TRUE STORY OF CAPTAIN HOOK, an origin story of Captain Hook from Peter Pan. ![]() CHRISTINA HENRY is the author of the CHRONICLES OF ALICE duology, ALICE and RED QUEEN, a dark and twisted take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, as well as LOST BOY: THE TRUE STORY OF CAPTAIN HOOK, an origin story of Captain Hook from Peter Pan. ![]() |