http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/fire-scientists-fight-over-what-western-forests-should-look-like Controversial new studies question the conventional wisdom on Western ponderosa forests and the severity of their historic wildfires. No publisher Emily Guerin wildfire megafires forest fires firefighting Hot Times Thomas Swetnam Southwest model fire regimes Wally Covington Tom Swetnam 2012-10-16T23:26:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-future-of-big-fires-and-tiny-bugs A second-generation forest ranger considers how fire prevention and climate change are affecting the forests he once roamed with his father. No publisher Frank Carroll grazing reform bark beetles climate change forest rangers overgrown forests global warming fire prevention New Mexico Blue River country forest management Frank Carroll Forest Service childhoods National Forest Service forest fires Western landscape drought rural Western life 2012-04-17T18:47:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/face-it-all-forests-are-sluts If an allegedly untouched piece of woodland is "virgin forest," what does that make a forest that’s been logged or burnt or otherwise used by humans over the years? No publisher Sharon Friedman botany lodgepole pine logging sexist language virgin forests Forests forestry national forests Forest Service timber industry climate change forest fires clear-cuts human use of forests 2012-04-13T14:40:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/dead-man-working When Robert Palmer began crusading for better medical care on the firelines in memory of his brother, he realized -- as many reformers do -- that one of the problems lies in the risk-accepting culture of firefighting and other outdoor occupations. No publisher Neil LaRubbio EMTs firefighter deaths oil rig injuries construction accidents Rob Palmer wildfires ADHD work risks worker recklessness alcohol on the job risky jobs Andy Palmer outdoor work forest fires Forest Service firefighting accidents meth abuse 2012-04-11T16:18:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15502 If the folks who run the Forest Service listened to the wisdom of their people on the ground, disasters like the Biscuit Fire logging project would be less likely to occur No publisher Paul Larmer National Forest Service Salvage logging Biscuit fire Mark Rey forest management fire planning forest health forest fires national forests Forest Service Bush administration Bush environmental policy 2012-03-30T19:05:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15501 Despite angry environmentalists, rotting timber, and unenthusiastic logging companies, the Bush administration is determined to push logging on roadless land burned by the Biscuit Fire in southwestern Oregon No publisher Kathie Durbin Fires Logging Biscuit Fire salvage logging Bush environmental policy Tom Lavagnino Kalmiopsis Wilderness protesters Fiddler timber sale Mike’s Gulch timber sale Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Clinton roadless rule Siskiyou Mountains forest fires Siski 2012-03-30T19:01:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/327/16451 Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth talks about how his agency has changed over the years, defending current forest management policies as well as the Service’s dealings with the energy industry No publisher Paul Larmer and Greg Hanscom Energy Oil and Gas Forest Service Dale Bosworth GMUG forest management government agencies Mark Rey Agriculture Department Bush environmental policy roadless rule forest fires firefighting policy thinning Mike Dombeck High Country News National Environmental P 2011-11-21T23:40:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/327/16453 Climate scientist Anthony Westerling is working to illuminate the connection between rising global temperatures and the increasing ferocity of the West’s forest fires No publisher Matt Jenkins Forests Fire Climate Change Anthony Westerling climate scientists global warming climate change forest fires wildfires Scripps Institution of Oceanography Science Express snowpack Northern Rocky Mountains Northern California Cascade Mountains Sierra Nevada ecological re Science 2011-11-21T23:29:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16250 In George W. Bush’s Healthy Forests: Reframing the Environmental Debate, authors Jacqueline Vaughn and Hanna Cortner demonstrate that under Bush, "there has been a rollback of environmental standards and regulations." No publisher Renee Guillory Logging Jacqueline Vaughn Hanna Cortner George W. Bush’s Healthy Forests Healthy Forests Restoration Act Healthy Forests Initiative Bush environmental policy environmental rollbacks Frank Luntz thinning forest fires forest management logging 2011-11-12T01:24:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16265 Despite the promises of the Healthy Forests Act, the Bush administration has proposed sweeping cuts to community fire programs in the West No publisher Sarah Gilman Politics Budget Fire George W. Bush Healthy Forests Act fire prevention forest fires firefighters wildfires The Wilderness Society Tom Fry Forest Service national forests wildland-urban interface federal budget thinning Western forests State Fire Assistance Prog 2011-11-10T23:40:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/life-as-a-fire-lookout It's a long way from Lower Manhattan to a remote fire lookout's perch in New Mexico. No publisher Philip Connors wildfires Forest Service fire lookouts Philip Connors writers Wall Street Journal forest fires fire watching 2011-10-21T15:16:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/lack-of-medical-care-on-the-firelines-endangers-firefighters Firefighter Rob Palmer crusades for better emergency medical care in memory of his brother, Andy. No publisher Neil LaRubbio EMTs firefighter deaths Rob Palmer wildfires Forest Service Andy Palmer forest fires firefighting accidents 2011-10-19T14:00:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/management-by-mega-fire It’s a basic fact of Western life that fire rarely behaves the way we want it to. No publisher Paul Larmer Western land management farmers rural life climate change Western wildfires Forest Service forest fires drought 2011-10-13T18:21:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/good-policy-and-good-intentions-wont-stop-big-destructive-wildfires Federal agencies have made strides in reducing fire danger in the West's forests, but many factors hinder their efforts No publisher Jodi Peterson wildfires Las Conchas Fire firefighting climate change Obama environmental policy forest management Forest Service Wallow Fire forest fires drought firefighters Bill Armstrong Don Falk 2011-10-17T15:00:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/is-wildfire-always-a-question-of-when An innkeeper remembers the fires that roared through her beloved Chiricahua Mountains. No publisher Susan Nunn wildfires forest fires forest health Horseshow Two Fire Chiricahua Mountains drought 2011-07-21T15:21:13Z News Article