ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Calif. Fire Season.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: Thousands of California residents evacuated as firefighters battled wildfires in Riverside County, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County and Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. County, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article by The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . Experts say the current wildfires are the kind that usually appear in late summer and worry that this year could be an extremely dangerous Exteremely Dangerous is a 1999 four part series for ITV starring Sean Bean as an ex-MI5 undercover agent convicted of the brutal murder of his wife and child who goes on the run to try and clear his name. He sets out to follow up a strange clue sent to him in prison. fire season for the state. The fires have burned approximately 18,675 acres of grass and brush as of Wednesday morning. Firefighters hope the cooler weather will help them contain the blazes. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Tom Bonnicksen, professor emeritus of forestry at Texas A&M University, visiting scholar A visiting scholar, in the world of academia, is a scholar from an institution who visits a receiving university that hosts him where he or she is projected to teach (visiting professor), lecture (visiting lecturer), or perform research (visiting researcher at UC-Davis, member of the Forest Foundation. Professor Bonnicksen has studied California forests for the last 30 years and is working closely with community leaders in addressing issues relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the San Bernardino forest crisis. PR Contact: Michelle Dennehy, 530-823-2363, md@calforests.org Charles Wise, professor at Indiana University, is a political scientist with a diverse background of expertise. Wise is known for his research on the policy aspects of homeland security, implementation of national fire policy, Congress and the legislative process, and Supreme Court decisions concerning federalism and regulation. Wise is a fellow for the National Academy of Public Administration and serves on a panel studying prescribed fires. Wise's prescribed fire panel of the National Academy of Public Administration recently produced "Wildfire Suppression: Strategies for Containing Costs." 812-855-9744 and 812-855-0269, wise@indiana.edu Donn Zea is the president of the California Forest Products Commission. Zea is an expert on forest products, forest policy, changes in the industry and the future of the forest industry in California. PR Contact: Michelle Dennehy, 530-823-2363, md@calforests.org Professor David Perry, of Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. , is an expert on ecology and forest science. 541-737-2244, 541-737-1000 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/. |
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