Results for keyword: forest fires
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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 -
What we don't admit about wildfire
The West's inevitable wildfires have a terrible beauty.
by Michael Wolcott, Sep 23, 2010 -
Some notable arson wildfire cases in the West
Brief descriptions of some notable arson wildfire cases in the West in the last 50 years.
by Ray Ring and John N. Maclean, Aug 02, 2010 -
The worst manmade wildfires
Most Western wildfires today are caused by humans, either accidentally or deliberately.
by Ray Ring, Aug 01, 2010 -
The Fiery Touch
Raymond Oyler is charged with murder and wildfire arson after five firefighters die in California's Esperanza Fire.
by John N. Maclean, Aug 01, 2010 -
The San Francisco Peaks will never be the same
An abandoned campfire is apparently to blame for the inferno now consuming the mountains outside Flagstaff, Ariz.
by Robyn Slayton-Martin, Jun 29, 2010 -
Fighting fire and memories
A seasoned Forest Service firefighter remembers Colorado's South Canyon Fire and the lives lost in it 16 years ago.
by Mary Emerick, Jun 11, 2010 -
Saving the U.S. Forest Service
Timothy Egan's new book, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, credits early firefighters for saving the Forest Service.
by Cherie Newman, Apr 11, 2010 -
Legal pyro
How Tahoe National Forest fire chief Jeanne Pincha-Tulley rose to the top rank of Forest Service disaster management.
by David Ollier Weber, Jan 18, 2010






