by Web Editor | Sep 18, 2017 | News, News/PR
The Interior Department is heating up its war on costly and deadly wildfires in the West, junking policies of leaving forests alone and letting piles of dead wood lay to fuel more fires. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said letting nature take its course is costing too...
by Web Editor | Jul 28, 2017 | News, News/PR
The West Virginia Division of Forestry sent a crew of 20 men to help fight wildfires in the Rocky Mountains. The group of 14 state foresters and six volunteer firefighters took off for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania today, where they will meet four more crews before jetting...
by Web Editor | Aug 10, 2015 | News, News/PR
For the first time in its 110-year history, the Forest Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is spending more than 50 percent of its budget to suppress the nation’s wildfires. A new report released today by the Forest Service estimates that within...