U.S. Forest Service

Coconino National Forest employees were among the thousands of federal workers recently laid off by the Trump administration. Three now-former federal workers shared their stories with KNAU.

The U.S. Forest Service says it is reviewing a 1986 environmental assessment of a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Leaders of the Hualapai Tribe will testify Tuesday in federal court. A judge issued a temporary restraining order last month on a lithium project near culturally important sites.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that leaders of the Hualapai Tribe say will harm land they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries.

Attorney General Kris Mayes is calling on the U.S. Forest Service to conduct a new environmental assessment for the Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon. The last such study was done in 1986 and she’s concerned the uranium mine's permits are based on outdated science.

Smokey Bear turns 80 today. He’s one of the most iconic figures in advertising history, conjuring images of America’s national forests and the message, “Only YOU can prevent wildfires." Some call him timeless. Others wonder if his message is dangerously out of date.

Federal officials have renewed a mining ban on thousands of acres of Oak Creek Canyon. The protections lapsed five years ago leaving the area open to possible mining claims.

The U.S. Forest Service says the cost of fighting wildfires on public lands throughout the country could reach nearly $4 billion or more a year by 2050.

An annual wildfire training academy in Prescott marked a record-setting year with more than 1,000 attendees. It comes ahead of the pivot to a new model described as the biggest shift in wildfire management in decades.

The federal government has allocated almost $500 million to projects like the Four Forest Restoration Initiative to reduce the risk of wildfire throughout the West.