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  • 'Indifference' caused deaths

    A report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration blames Forest Service and BLM "indifference" and "willful safety violations" for deaths of 14 firefighters in Colorado.

    by Anders Halverson, Mar 06, 1995

  • 'Los Alamos is burning'

    The prescribed burn in Bandelier National Monument that roared out of control into Los Alamos, N.M., can be blamed on logging restrictions, the writer argues.

    by Frank Carroll, May 22, 2000

  • 'The fire group is in a real building process'

    Forest Service fire specialist Berni Bahro talks about fuels management in the forest under the new Sierra Nevada Framework.

    by Jim Downing, Aug 27, 2001

  • A 'shroom boom rises from the ashes

    Last summer's wildfires cleared the ground for a boom in commercial mushroom-picking on Montana's national forests.

    by Mark Matthews, Jul 30, 2001

  • A hot welcome on the fire line

    Firefighter Risa Lange-Navarro talks about the difficulties women firefighters face.

    by Mark Matthews, Aug 07, 1995
  • A life measured in cordwood: A review of Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men

    A life measured in cordwood: A review of Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men

    Cindy Bellinger's memoir, Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men, introduces us to a determined, 60-something, chainsaw-wielding Western woman.

    by Gussie Fauntleroy, Feb 19, 2012

  • A losing battle

    Billions of dollars are being spent to fight Western wildfires, but some scientists now believe that the big blowups can’t be prevented, and that they may be good for the health of the forests

    by Ray Ring, May 26, 2003

  • A modest forest proposal for President Bush

    Pres. Bush can talk about "common sense" forest management all he wants, but until he --- and the rest of us - use common sense in our forests, wildfires and other problems will keep happening.

    by Jeff Golden, Sep 16, 2002

  • A rational response to wildfires

    Thomas Michael Power aims to link rationality with our need to douse wildfires in the West

    by Thomas Michael Power, Sep 22, 2003

  • A summer like no other looms ahead

    El Nino has brought an early fire season with a promise of a dry summer ahead for the Northern Rockies, while the Southwest and Southeast are seeing fewer fires than usual.

    by Mark Matthews, May 25, 1998
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