by Web Editor | Aug 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
When Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter met with U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell on Friday, Tidwell remarked at the fact that Idaho must have 14 million dead trees, which provides perfect fuel for severe wildfires. Governor Otter and Senator Jim Risch...
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...
by Web Editor | Jul 24, 2013 | News, News/PR
Amid fresh furor, the U.S. Forest Service is considering letting a troubled timber company transfer the biggest forest restoration project in history. The Forest Service announced on Monday that it has received a request from Pioneer Forest Products to transfer the...
by Web Editor | Jul 22, 2013 | News, News/PR
Beginning with early colonists who landed in the New World loaded with dreams, grit and perhaps the continent’s first alien forest pests, and continuing today with the expansion of global trade, the northeastern United States has been ground zero for damaging...
by Web Editor | Jul 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
Evacuation orders affecting about 6,000 people remained in force Thursday as the Mountain Fire near Idyllwild and Fern Valley continued to rage, authorities said. The 22,800-acres wildfire was about 15% contained, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement....
