Restoring Healthy Forests and Preventing Dangerous Wildfires

Authorities say a wildfire in Arizona's Tonto National Forest now is fully contained after charring more than 5,200 acres. They say the cause of the Mistake Peak Fire still is under investigation.Click here to read Read more »

Arizona seems to have escaped a devastating wildfire season while the rest of the west burned. There were dire predictions heading into summer of a second consecutive devastating wildfire season in Arizona. Last year one million acres burned and the state recorded its largest wildfire when the Wallow Fire charred almost 550,000 acres and forced the evacuation of thousands of people in… Read more »

One fire in Arizona's Tonto National Forest is 15 percent contained and another also is being slowed by rainfall. Forest officials say the Charley Fire burning three miles west of Sunflower is at an estimated 2,300 acres. But they say cooler temperatures, higher humidity and some precipitation kept fire activity to a minimum Wednesday.Click here to read Read more »

Crews are monitoring a fire in Arizona's Tonto National Forest that has charred an estimated 1,200 acres. The so-called Queen Fire was reported Monday night and forest officials say its cause is under investigation. Click here to read Read more »

A wildfire burning on the Tonto National Forest has grown to 3,400 acres and has forced several road closuresClick here to read Read more »

TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, AZ - Lightning strikes from a late night storm caused multiple fires Wednesday night throughout the Tonto National Forest and Superstition Mountains. Click here to read Read more »

Wildfires across the West are burning homes, businesses, bridges and other infrastructure necessary for everyday life, and the disaster isn't over when the wildfire is snuffed out and the firefighters go home. Click here to read Read more »

On Wednesday morning, July 25, 2012, Fire Managers issued road advisories to the public for all routes on the BLM Arizona Strip District which access the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. Click here to read Read more »

The Hobble Complex Fire, the state's largest of the 2012 wildfire season, and the Cooks Complex Fire were both 100 percent contained just as multiple new fires ignited across the state. Click here to read Read more »

Despite Friday's monsoon rains in southern Arizona, zero precipitation fell on the Cooks Complex fires within the Tonto National Forest. Containment of two of the four fires increased while two other fires grew in acreage.Click here to read Read more »