Results for keyword: Fire
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Forest thinning slows fires, increases concerns
Forest thinning and prescribed burns helped slow the progress of Colorado’s Hayman Fire, but some environmentalists fear forest thinning will be used to justify increased logging
by Gail Binkly, Apr 14, 2003 -
The Bush administration is doing something right on fire policy
Writer hails the Bush administration for not giving federal firefighters a blank check
by Rocky Barker, Mar 10, 2003 -
The view from ground zero at Oregon’s biggest fire in 100 years
The Biscuit Fire, Oregon’s largest in 100 years, was said to have devastated most of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, but a backpacking trip leads the author to believe that the land is more resilient than people think.
by William L. Sullivan, Dec 04, 2002 -
What we don't know about wildfire can hurt us
by Jane Braxton Little, Nov 01, 2002 -
Fire story was propaganda
by William Shoutis, Sep 16, 2002 -
Carroll's nonsensical diatribe
by Derak Goldman, Sep 16, 2002 -
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 -
The other firefighters
Fire-proofing houses is a thriving new business in Durango, Colorado's fire-prone forests, but the only real solution to the problem is to quit building in the urban-wildland interface, many say.
by Bryan Foster, Sep 02, 2002 -
Blame game sheds little light on fires
The Forest Service blames environmentalists for this summer's catastrophic Western wildfires, and although Greens reply that the agency is actually at fault, the push for more logging is growing in Congress.
by Matt Jenkins, Aug 19, 2002 -
Life amid fire - the mundane and the macabre
A Durango, Colo., resident writes about how life goes on as the Missionary Ridge Fire continues to blaze just outside his town.
by Bill Roberts, Jul 08, 2002
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