The lightning-caused fire burning about 15 miles north of Globe was about 8% contained as of Monday, the Forest Service said.
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Evacuations were ordered in Oak Creek Canyon, north of Sedona, as firefighters worked to contain the 500-acre Pocket Fire, officials with the …
- Sarah Henry Arizona Republic
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The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management installed seven new AI cameras, joining over 70 already operated by the state's utilities for continuous monitoring for wildfires in the state.
- Shi En Kim Arizona Republic
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The Forest Service is revising its playbook for firefighting, and overhauling its organizational structure.
- Tracy Stone-Manning Writers on the Range
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Today’s Forest Service plan aims to close regional offices and shutter dozens of the agency’s research centers, as we face what some say will be a horrific wildfire season.
- Ben Long Writers on the Range
Pushing to build new roads in our most rugged areas is a fool’s errand and not a serious solution. Let’s restore the national forests, trails and access roads that we’ve allowed to deteriorate.
- Matthew Brown Associated Press
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Some fear President Donald Trump’s effort to merge the government’s wildland firefighting into a single agency could sow chaos and increase the risk of catastrophic blazes.
- Tony Davis
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Much of Southern Arizona’s Coronado National Forest and at least some of the Gila Wilderness are among more than 112 million total forested acres nationally that could be opened to commercial logging.
- Emily Bregel
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The Trump administration’s plan to transfer federal land along the southern border to the U.S. military includes lands in New Mexico that exte…
- Tony Davis
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For Star subscribers: The Agriculture Department's emergency classification map includes portions of land in Southern Arizona where logging of federal lands could be done, at least theoretically, with fewer environmental reviews.
