Restoring Healthy Forests and Preventing Dangerous Wildfires

Nearly $25 million has already been spent to prepare for the immediate aftermath of this year’s wildfires, putting the U.S. Forest Service on track for another possible record year of spending on burned-area recovery efforts.Click here to read Read more »

Three new wildfires were spotted at Tonto National Forest this week, two of which have burned more than 100 acres.Click here to read Read more »

Can our 2012 wildfire season really be over? We're not out of the woods yet -- literally. But with the forecast finally calling this week for a warm, moist flow coming in from the southeast, it won't be long until we get some good afternoon drenchings. Click here to read Read more »

The worst wildfire season in decades is not only blackening tens of thousands of acres in Western states; it is also creating significant environmental damage.Click here to read Read more »

What started as a fun camping trip and bachelor party that involved shooting guns at targets has turned into a federal court charge Click here to read Read more »

The Grapevine Fire in the Coronado National Forest nearly doubled to 14,000 acres as of Monday, officials said. Despite its rapid growth, the fire south of Arizona 266 has remained inside containment lines and is not advancing. The fire was 20 percent contained, according to Heidi Schewel, a spokeswoman for the Coronado National Forest. Click here to read Read more »

Firefighters are making progress on a wildfire burning in a remote area of southern Arizona. Cochise County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Carol Capas says crews were clearing firelines Thursday around a blaze burning in the Whetstone Mountains, about 10 miles south of Benson.Click here to read Read more »

The Flagstaff City Council is closer to asking voters to approve spending millions of dollars to protect the city's main surface water supply from contamination in the event of a catastrophic wildfire. Click here to read Read more »

As crews make progress on the Poco Fire, which ripped through nearly 12,000 acres in the Tonto National Forest, attention shifts toward the newer, smaller Cottonwood Fire burning in the Coronado National Forest. Click here to read Read more »

The Poco Fire was 75 percent contained, according to officials. The fire has burned 11,950 acres of ponderosa-pine forest in an area of the Tonto National Forest six miles northeast of Young, according to Pamela Mathis, a spokesperson for the fire fighting efforts. Click here to read Read more »