http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 13. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.15/dont-let-it-burn A "temporary" policy change requires Forest Service firefighters to put out fires they might have let burn in previous years, for fear of them raging out of control. No publisher Emily Guerin Forest fires Wildfire suppression Hot Times Forest service Drought 2012-09-04T18:25:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/notes-from-a-wildfire-refugee When wildfire forces locals to flee their beloved Colorado homes, people begin to talk more openly than they used to about climate change. No publisher John Calderazzo Wildfire evacuations High Park Fire Colorado wildfires Climate change Hot Times High temperatures Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Global warming Natural Resources Defense Council Record-breaking heat Forest fires Western weather Drought Firefighters Rocky Mountain Climate Organization 2012-07-16T17:53:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/fire-and-ancient-forests-belong-together Matthew Koehler says that fire and old-growth forests are longtime allies, not natural foes. No publisher Matthew Koehler Fir Logging Wildfires Lolo National Forest Hunters Old-growth forests Forest fires Forest ecology Spruce Matthew Koehler 2010-02-05T09:15:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/this-is-the-time-to-make-land-management-make Ed Quillen has suggestions for how to fix the West by consolidating the federal land agencies and charging people to build in Stupid Zones. No publisher Ed Quillen Development BLM Funding public lands Federal agencies Recreation access tax National Park Service Ed Quillen Forest Service Forest fires 2010-02-05T09:19:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/change-we-could-believe-in How to fix the West by consolidating land agencies and charging people to build in Stupid Zones. No publisher Ed Quillen Development Recreation access tax Federal agencies Funding public lands BLM National Park Service Ed Quillen Forest Service Forest fires 2010-02-05T08:57:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/can-the-forest-service-get-back-on-track Recovering integrity and efficiency after President Bush leaves office. No publisher Chris Wood Forest fires Chris Wood Forest Service Bush environmental policy Wildlife habitat 2010-02-05T09:36:19Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/trapped-by-fire-on-a-mountain-lookout Dixie Boyle recalls the Trigo Fire, which came unnervingly close to the lookout she staffed in the Manzano Mountains of New Mexico. No publisher Dixie Boyle Capilla Peak Lookout Close escapes Forest Service staffers Fire lookouts Manzano Mountains Trigo Fire Forest fires 2010-02-05T08:50:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.16/all-along-the-watchtower Andrew McNair, who works weekends at a computer in Olympia, Wash., is not your typical Western fire watcher. No publisher Eric Wagner Wildfires Fire spotting Firefighting Fire lookouts Andrew McNair Beeturia Forest fires Jack Kerouac Dispatchers 2010-02-05T10:05:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.16/fire-fire-everywhere Despite the growing threat of Western wildfire, most of us are still pretending it will go away if we just ignore it. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Wildfire Fire lookouts Firefighting equipment Climate change Global warming Matt Johnson Forest fires Drought Firefighting budgets 2010-02-05T08:55:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17163 Bill Sniffin warns that Wyoming’s Shoshone National Forest is ready to go up in flames. No publisher Bill Sniffin Forest fires wildfires Shoshone National Forest Yellowstone fires 2010-02-05T09:44:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/360/17395 Two weeks in the very arid West means dry ski slopes, destructive wildfires, unending drought and unhappy bears; timber mills are victims of housing collapse; costs of carbon dioxide and its removal. No publisher Jonathan Thompson bears carbon dioxide global warming timber mills Forest fires drought ski industry 2010-07-21T22:35:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/350/17111 The West is on fire; Dick Cheney exposed; toning down RS-2477; and firefighting statistics No publisher Jonathan Thompson death causes Western wild fires firefighting roads Forest fires Dick Cheney RS-2477 2010-07-21T21:39:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/277/14826 Citing safety concerns, the federal government has canceled contracts for 33 privately owned large air tankers, usually used to fight Western wildfires No publisher Dan Wilcock Fire Forest fires wildfires firefighting air tankers National Transportation Safety Board plane crashes Forest Service Interior Department Ann Veneman Janet Napolitano Federal Aviation Administration 2010-02-05T09:57:53Z News Article