by Web Editor | Jun 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
For the first time, California forestry officials intend to give counties and organizations money raised through a contested assessment on property in wildfire-prone areas to be used for wildfire prevention projects. The funds will be awarded as part of a one-time...
by Web Editor | Nov 8, 2013 | News, News/PR
For years, Davey Pitcher pushed federal foresters for permission to protect trees just outside of his family’s Wolf Creek Ski Area from the invasion of the spruce beetle. The West Fork complex of wildfires bore down on Wolf Creek this summer. Davey Pitcher wants the...
by Web Editor | Oct 10, 2012 | News, News/PR
In the worst wildfire season on record, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service ran out of money to pay for firefighters, fire trucks and aircraft that dump retardant on monstrous flames. So officials did about the only thing they could: take money from...
by Web Editor | Sep 7, 2012 | News, News/PR
A new management plan for the Giant Sequoia National Monument places greater limits on timber cutting in and near groves of the world’s largest trees, but would still allow logging in nearly a quarter of the monument. The plan, released Tuesday by the U.S....
by Web Editor | Jul 23, 2012 | News, News/PR
Apache County’s forest-stewardship agreement with the U.S. Forest Service was held up at a congressional hearing Friday as a model for other governments trying to tame the growing problem of wildfires. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Flagstaff, said programs like Apache County’s...