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Byline: Claire Thornton, USA TODAY Brooks Roberts' life has been difficult the past few years. The pandemic left the 38-year-old and his family homeless. Disability, job losses and an eviction [...]

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are [...]

CHEYENNE, WY -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming: Ronald Ostrom, age 54, of Powell, Wyoming, was convicted on Dec. [...]

Byline: Denise Pridgen (WLOS) -- Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) -- The U.S. Forest Service has reopened most of the closed roads near the [...]

OVERLAND PARK: Compass Minerals has issued the following news release: Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP), a leading global provider of essential minerals, today reported fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 results. MANAGEMENT [...]

Washington: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Issues the following Delegated Order: 185 FERC P 62,057 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Pacific Gas and Electric Company Project No. 2107-058 [...]

Byline: KARI BARROWS (WLOS) -- Click here for updates on this story CHEROKEE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) -- A wildfire burning on national forest land in Western North Carolina continues [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of New Mexico Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez: Yesterday, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez, sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief [...]

CARSON CITY, NV -- The following information was released by the Nevada Department of Transportation: Kyle, Lee Canyons Remain Closed to Visitors Due to Hazards Clark County, the U.S. Forest [...]

Byline: Grant Stringer A 'burn boss' with the U.S. Forest Service is facing unprecedented criminal charges for an escaped prescribed burn in rural Oregon, which may complicate nationwide goals to [...]

Byline: Grant Stringer In July 2021, the massive Bootleg fire in southern Oregon burned 650 square miles and left vast swaths of forest littered with dead trees. But when the [...]

Fire crews are still working to contain a wildfire near El Rito amid rising temperatures in Northern New Mexico and dry conditions. The Comanche Fire, which was caused by lightning [...]

Byline: Annika Schmidt Apr. 17The North Creek fire burning 50 acres in Beulah has reached 80% containment Monday afternoon, according to officials. An update from the U.S. Forest Service, which [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: ùU.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: -- Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on [...]

LAS VEGAS -- The following information was released by the Bureau of Land Management: On July 14th, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Clark County, Moapa Valley [...]

Byline: Kyle Melnick Lost on a long hike in Arizona, Philip Powers III had exhausted his water and food supply. His phone was dead, and he was cramping; he later [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the White House: More than 100 million Americans are under Air Quality Index Alerts due to smoke drift from historic wildfire activity [...]

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) chaired a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hearing focused on President Bidens FY2024 budget request for the U.S. Forest Service. During the hearing, [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Washington Senator Maria Cantwell: The National Interagency Fire Center outlook shows areas in Central Washington 'are forecast to have above normal [...]

Byline: Mike Baker U.S. Forest Service officials decried the arrest of an employee who was leading prescribed burns in Oregon, where residents accused the agency of reckless burning. SEATTLE - [...]

Byline: Gabrielle Canon and agencies A US Forest Service employee in Oregon was arrested this week after a prescribed burn in a national forest spread onto private land. It is [...]

Byline: Joshua Partlow When U.S. Forest Service personnel started a prescribed burn in a national forest in rural Oregon on Wednesday, Tonna and Mandy Holliday were scared. The sisters, who [...]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District Of Missouri: CAPE GIRARDEAU ù A man from Iron County, Missouri [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman: For the second year in a row, Wyoming is being shut out from U.S. Department [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Montana Senator Steve Daines: Today, U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced the 'Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act' to protect firefighters, communities [...]

PORTLAND, Ore -- The following information was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oregon will invest over [...]

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and Colorado U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse and Brittany Pettersen welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) of $37 million from [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper: U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, and U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse and Brittany Pettersen welcomed an announcement [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Colorado Senator Michael Bennet: Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and Colorado U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse and Brittany Pettersen welcomed [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper: DENVER-- Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, and U.S. Congressman [...]

Denver -- The following information was released by Colorado Senator Michael Bennet: Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet led Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Colorado U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, and U.S. [...]

Byline: Becca Robbins Sep. 13The Kalama Fire was burning at 112 acres in size Tuesday, southeast of the Kalama Horse Camp, in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on the south [...]

Byline: Noah Davis Special contributor Abstract: As climate change engulfs the American West, a veteran Montana fire lookout finds hope in the vast wilderness area she stewards. 'Once I start [...]

Byline: Guardian staff and agencies A wildfire in California grew to the largest the state has seen yet this year, as firefighting crews braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions. [...]

Byline: Claudia L. Silva csilva@sfnewmexican.com The Santa Fe National Forest is hiring temporary workers for the 2023 fire season, including engine crews, Hotshots, helitack crews and dispatch. This comes as [...]

Byline: Simon Romero MORA, N.M. - It started small, with a team of federal employees using drip torches to ignite a prescribed burn in the Santa Fe National Forest, aimed [...]

Byline: Scott Wyland swyland@sfnewmexican.com The U.S. Forest Service failed to consider how a changing climate could make the landscape more flammable, didn't adequately estimate the risk of a controlled fire [...]

I love firefighters. Always have. Their mission in life is beyond reproach. But the U.S. Forest Service agents are not firemen. They have a different mindset. And I, for one, [...]

Byline: Debbie Kelley and David Mullen COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Twenty years can feel like ancient history. To many affected by the Hayman fire, it seems like yesterday. 'It's still pretty [...]

Byline: Phill Casaus pcasaus@sfnewmexican.com Managers on the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire on Friday executed a 'firing operation' - in essence, a series of back burns - to combat the blaze [...]

Knowing the Hermits Peak Fire began as a U.S. Forest Service-prescribed burn in April was painful enough, but then came the revelation Friday the Forest Service also caused the Calf [...]

US forest service admits it started wildfire One of the two blazes in New Mexico that combined to become the largest wildfire in the US state was started by the [...]

Byline: Rick Ruggles rruggles@sfnewmexican.com The Calf Canyon Fire, like its companion, the Hermits Peak Fire, started because of a U.S. Forest Service burn, the agency disclosed Friday. The blended fires [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com As the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire moved to 306,472 acres Friday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham praised the U.S. Forest Service's decision Friday to put a temporary [...]