by Web Editor | Apr 10, 2015 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service announced today that 1.45 million acres of America’s forests and watersheds – an area larger than Delaware – are healthier as a result of collaborative partnerships to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. Authorized for...
by Web Editor | Apr 8, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Northwest Forest Plan, the icy truce that ended the 1990s timber wars, continues to unravel as two federal agencies look for new ways to manage Northwest forests. By late April, the Bureau of Land Management says it will release a new plan to manage 2.5 million...
by Web Editor | Mar 27, 2015 | News, News/PR
Mountain pine beetles have left vast tracts of dead, dry trees in the West, raising fears that they’re more vulnerable to wildfire outbreaks, but a new study found no evidence that beetle-infested forests are more likely to burn than healthy ones. In a paper...
by Web Editor | Mar 25, 2015 | News, News/PR
Wildfire season is quickly approaching, and Southern Arizona fire departments spent the day brushing up on their skills. Firefighters from several local agencies, including the Northwest Fire District, Casa Grande Fire Department, Golder Ranch Fire District, and...
by Web Editor | Mar 16, 2015 | News, News/PR
Harvesting fire-killed trees is an effective way to reduce woody fuels for up to four decades following wildfire in dry coniferous forests, a U.S. Forest Service study has found. The retrospective analysis, among the first to measure the long-term effects of post-fire...
