Results for keyword: Forest Service
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Lack of medical care on the firelines endangers firefighters
Firefighter Rob Palmer crusades for better emergency medical care in memory of his brother, Andy.
by Neil LaRubbio, Oct 18, 2011 -
Management by mega-fire
It’s a basic fact of Western life that fire rarely behaves the way we want it to.
by Paul Larmer, Oct 16, 2011 -
Good policy and good intentions won't stop big wildfires
Federal agencies have made strides in reducing fire danger in the West's forests, but many factors hinder their efforts
by Jodi Peterson, Oct 16, 2011 -
A fire lookout in a wilderness speaks of our past
The Green Mountain Fire Lookout in Washington's Glacier Peak Wilderness is worth preserving, partly in memory of the workers who built it.
by Ana Maria Spagna, Jul 06, 2011 -
A fee-dodging retiree forces a national forest to rethink access charges
A retired geophysicist named Jim Smith successfully challenges Arizona's Coconino National Forest on access fees.
by Daniel Kraker, Jul 05, 2011 -
Why the Southwest is burning
This season’s wildfires are caused by three things: Climate change-induced drought, bureaucratic blindness and old-fashioned human folly.
by William deBuys, Jun 30, 2011 -
Monster wildfires have become the new normal
Wildfires cannot be entirely prevented by logging or anything else, but small-scale prescribed burns can help make them less destructive.
by Roy Keene and Tim Hermach, Jun 20, 2011 -
Fire fight: Forest Service explores chemical retardant hazards
The Forest Service finally assesses the impacts of fire retardant chemicals, but never answers the question of how useful they really are.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Jun 15, 2011 -
The revolution will be motorized
The road rage over federal attempts to manage motorized access to public land is disproportionate and completely distracting.
by Jen Jackson, Jun 13, 2011 -
Richard Reynolds, raptor man
The biologist has spent 21 years counting goshawks and other raptors in Arizona's Kaibab National Forest.
by Leath Tonino, May 30, 2011
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