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MISSOULA — The Northern Region of the USDA Forest Service is hiring permanent wildland firefighters for the 2025 fire year ...
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, along with Governor Mills and members of state government, ...
The Trump Administration, with the help of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), continues to target ...
Wildfires, while a year-round threat in Florida, are more common during the dry months from March through May. Florida Forest Service officials say the danger is currently at a “moderate” level in ...
The planned burn will occur on Thursday, April 10, along Forest Service Roads 201 and 242. It will involve approximately 1,690 acres. Officials with the U.S. Forest Service said smoke will be ...
The U.S. Forest Service’s Women in Wildland Fire Advisory Council has been put on pause indefinitely, according to an agency spokesperson. MTPR previously reported on the women-led group that tried to ...
The Summit County government will pay more than $4 million in total to a developer for its work on an affordable housing project that has been put on hold indefinitely, according to county officials.
Controlled burns are planned throughout the Salmon-Challis Forest in the next couple of months, as weather allows. The burns are designed to reduce overgrown vegetation and help reduce threats ...
On Thursday, firefighters from the United States Forest Service burned approximately 20 acres of piles in the wildland urban interface near Magalia. United States Forest Service conducing pile burning ...
The Forest Service plans on burning about 880 acres to improve forest health “in the interest of sustained timber productivity,” according to a Forest Service release. Another goal is to ...
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - The USDA Forest Service is conducting a prescribed burn in the North Zone in Rockingham County on Wednesday. The burn is affecting 150 acres near the eastern Flank ...
Full release: The owner of a contractor company that provided fuel truck services to the U.S. Forest Service’s wildfire fighters pleaded guilty to a seven-count indictment yesterday for his role ...