Results for keyword: firefighters
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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 -
What we don't admit about wildfire
The West's inevitable wildfires have a terrible beauty.
by Michael Wolcott, Sep 23, 2010 -
Nostalgia for the front lines
A forest fire near her home in Alaska takes a former firefighter back 20 years, to the summers she spent battling blazes all across the West.
by Teresa Sundmark, Jul 16, 2009 -
A former Hot Shot looks at the West’s wildfires
Lincoln Bramwell looks back on years of firefighting and concludes that it’s just not a good idea for people to keep building houses in forests.
by Lincoln Bramwell, Nov 26, 2007 -
A former Hot Shot looks at the West’s wildfires
Lincoln Bramwell looks back on years of firefighting and concludes that it’s just not a good idea for people to keep building houses in forests.
by Lincoln Bramwell, Nov 12, 2007 -
‘Men standing in the shadows began to weep’
Writers John N. Maclean and Mark Matthews look closely at two famous – and deadly – Western wildfires in their new books, The Thirtymile Fire and A Great Day to Fight Fire.
by Ray Ring, Oct 29, 2007 -
Brave 'yellowbellies' served the West well
In Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line, Mark Matthews tells the story of the conscientious objectors who pioneered smokejumping to fight Western forest fires during World War II
by Ray Ring, Oct 16, 2006 -
Burning down the house
Despite the promises of the Healthy Forests Act, the Bush administration has proposed sweeping cuts to community fire programs in the West
by Sarah Gilman, May 01, 2006 -
Drought and spring rains portend an explosive summer
The Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies brace for a fierce fire season, and desperately seek the resources to fight it.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Apr 18, 2005 -
Heard around the West
Calendar girls get the brush-off in Carmel, Calif.; sniffing out endangered species; looking for a blonde bombshell; "The Bitchin’ Post" meets airport security; "stealth towers" in Colorado Springs
by Betsy Marston, Mar 07, 2005






