by Web Editor | Nov 19, 2012 | News, News/PR
Crews are battling a major forest fire that’s nearly 1,000 acres. The fire was reported about 2 p.m. Saturday in the Twilight area of Boone County. Charlie Spencer with the West Virginia Division of Forestry tells WSAZ.com a burning coal seam caught leaves on...
by Web Editor | Nov 14, 2012 | News, News/PR
Nothing sums up wildland firefighters’ penchant for safety than do their fire-resistant yellow shirts. So when fire ecologist Lynn Bennett recalled an incident commander on the Mustang Complex fire saying his Hotshot crews felt so secure taking a stand along Hughes...
by Web Editor | Nov 12, 2012 | News, News/PR
Bark beetles driven by drought may be leaving millions of dead trees behind, but they may also leave behind more diverse, complex and healthy forests than Northern Colorado has seen in more than a century. A U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station study...
by Web Editor | Nov 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
One season-ending event is another season-starting crisis, as Montana wildland firefighters and incident commanders leave the West’s forests for East Coast storm duty. “Sawyer teams are in high demand,” U.S. Forest Service spokesman Phil Salmon said of the communities...
by Web Editor | Nov 7, 2012 | News, News/PR
Results of a new study show that episodes of reduced precipitation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-2002 drought, greatly accelerated a rise in numbers of mountain pine beetles. The overabundance is a threat to regional forests. The research...
by Web Editor | Nov 5, 2012 | News, News/PR
Southern California U.S. Forest Service firefighters are joining relief efforts, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. One hundred firefighters will be stationed at mobilization centers in New York and Pennsylvania. The hot shot crews are joining an agency contingent...
