Forest Service Orders Colorado Train to Halt Wildfire Mitigation July 6, 2020 The U.S. Forest Service shut down an extensive fire mitigation project after raising concerns about the number of trees being...
Firefighters Work to Contain North Carolina Wildfires April 6, 2020 Firefighters kept working on Saturday to slow the spread of western North Carolina wildfires that have spread due to high...
Rural Fire Departments in Idaho Learn Equipment Isn’t Insured November 1, 2019 Several rural volunteer fire departments in north-central Idaho are in danger of losing much of their equipment after officials learned...
Feds Will Use Fires to Lower Washington Wildfire Risks April 24, 2017 To reduce the risks of wildfires, federal officials this spring are planning to conduct controlled burns on more than 9,000...
Burn Bans Enacted Over Much of Dry Southeast as Fires Continue November 17, 2016 By Jonathan Mattise As drought-stressed forests burn across much of the South – including a blaze scorching a Manhattan-sized area of north Georgia...
EPA, Forest Service Seek Permanent Firefighters Near Montana Asbestos Site July 18, 2016 The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Forest Service want to station 10 firefighters near Libby this summer so crews...
Montana’s Wildfire Season Second-biggest So Far This decade September 17, 2015 By Matt Volz Montana’s fire season began quietly but has quickly grown to the second-largest so far this decade after lightning storms last...
Massive California Blazes, And It’s Not Even Official Wildfire Season Yet September 16, 2015 By Don Jergler A pair of massive blazes in the Northern California are a bleak reminder of how bad things can get in...
Forrest Service Maps Shows Expansion of WUI in West as Wildfires Burn September 16, 2015 A new U.S. Forest Service report shows the continued expansion of housing development near forests, an area referred to as...
Southern California Wildfire Caused by Human Activity, Officials Say July 14, 2015 Authorities say human activity caused a Southern California wildfire that burned four buildings and 49 square miles of forest land....