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West Fire (Kern County) Started 7/27/2010, updated 7/29/2010

Russel Complex (Lassen County) Started 7/25/2010, updated 7/28/2010

Firefighters continue to mop up and put out any hot spots.

Late July Lightning Fires (Multiple Counties) Started 7/24/2010, updated 7/28/2010

Since Saturday July 24, there have 5,000 lightning strikes across northeast California. As a result 196 confirmed fires have sparked in CAL FIRE's jurisdiction and on federal lands. Since yesterday there have been six new lightning strike fires in northern California, which total five acres.

Bodfish Fire (Kern County) Started 7/15/2010, updated 7/20/2010

Cactus Fire (Riverside County) Started 7/15/2010, updated 7/18/2010

Skinner Fire (Riverside County) Started 7/15/2010, updated 7/17/2010

Saddle Fire (Riverside County) Started 7/15/2010, updated 7/16/2010

Pala Fire (San Diego County) Started 6/23/2010, updated 6/24/2010

Effect of fire severity on long-term occupancy of burned boreal conifer forests by saproxylic insects and wood-foraging birds

Antoine Nappi, Pierre Drapeau, Michel Saint-Germain, Virginie A. Angers - Volume 19(4)

Monte Carlo-based ensemble method for prediction of grassland fire spread

Miguel G. Cruz - Volume 19(4)