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Cook, who lives in Chico, will be responsible for implementing and enforcing federal environmental laws in Region 9, which includes California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, the Pacific Islands and 148 tribal nations.

After the wildlife officers got back to their stomping grounds, they wrote up search warrants — one for the couple’s Chico home and another for the family member in Napa County with the fondness for taxidermy.

But since then, Honea said, the biggest, most recent test of his ability to respond to a major fire was the July 2024 Park fire that ignited in Chico’s Bidwell Park.

Out of the 35 cities included, Truckee in Nevada County and Chico in Butte County saw the largest increases in acreage in the two zones where most regulations apply.

The area of the 429,603-acre Park fire, which burned through Butte and Tehama counties north of Chico, is not expected to see intense enough rainfall to trigger debris flows, Carpenter said, but “you can expect increased muddy and woody runoff,” which occurred in northern Chico neighborhoods in November.