by Web Editor | Aug 11, 2014 | News, News/PR
Environmentalists are concerned that forest thinning south of Flagstaff to protect water supplies would harm three breeding pairs of Mexican spotted owls that live there. The Arizona Daily Sun reports that Mormon Mountain is being considered for restorative thinning....
by Web Editor | Jul 2, 2014 | News, News/PR
An Arizona mining company has paid the U.S. Forest Service $551,000 to cover costs associated with a fire sparked by an employee three years ago. The Arizona Star reports Rosemont Copper made the payment in early June as part of a settlement with the Forest Service....
by Web Editor | Dec 4, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing citations and penalties against the Arizona State Forestry Division in 19 wildland firefighter deaths on June 30 of this year. The Industrial Commission of Arizona is scheduled to...
by Web Editor | Oct 9, 2013 | News, News/PR
A team of expert firefighters were overrun by a massive wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz., while trying to make it to a safe zone after an unpredictable desert thunderstorm turned the Yarnell Hill Fire into their path earlier this year, while confusing radio communications...
by Web Editor | Aug 12, 2013 | News, News/PR
Weeks after a backcountry blaze, the Yarnell Fire, killed 19 Arizona firefighters, the discomfiting question lingers like acrid smoke: What went wrong? How did the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a professional crew schooled in the safety-first mentality, become trapped...