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Forest Fire Rages On In West Virginia
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…
Firefighters Say Thinned Forest Stopped Monster Idaho Blowup
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…
Bark Beetles A Boon To Colorado’s Biodiversity
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.…
Montana Firefighters, Incident Commanders Joining Superstorm Sandy Cleanup
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…
Study: Drought In 2001-2002 Fueled Rocky Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak
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…
Southern California Wildland Firefighters Help Hurricane Sandy Victims
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…
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