by Web Editor | Oct 30, 2017 | News, News/PR
This summer’s costly Jolly Mountain Fire made Cle Elum the ideal place to unveil Washington’s 20-year-plan to restore forest health and take a more proactive approach to reducing catastrophic wildfires. State Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz announced the plan...
by Web Editor | Sep 11, 2017 | News, News/PR
As concerns grow over the looming threat of another powerful hurricane churning toward the southern states, members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest have urged their colleagues to turn their attention to the devastation other natural disasters have inflicted on...
by Web Editor | Jun 10, 2016 | News, News/PR
Between North Bend and Snoqualmie Pass stands a wide swath of trees – brown on one side, green on the other. Karin Ripley, a forest health scientist with the Washington Department of Natural Resources calls it “red belt.” It’s the result of cold, dry...
by Web Editor | Sep 30, 2015 | News, News/PR
This year’s horrific wildfire season in the West is spurring Congress to move toward providing $700 million in emergency disaster aid to the U.S. Forest Service and other federal agencies facing rapidly rising firefighting costs. The emergency aid – contained in...
by Web Editor | Sep 2, 2015 | News, News/PR
As of Tuesday, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, more than 8 million acres have burned in U.S. wildfires in 2015. 8,202,557 of them, to be precise. That’s an area larger than the state of Maryland. And the numbers are still growing: 65 large fires are...