Wildfire News

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced more than $15 million in federal funding will be used for landscape restoration at two sites in Arizona.

Fire crews on the Coconino National Forest have now contained more than 30 percent of a lightning-caused wildfire near Sedona.

Construction crews have begun a major flood mitigation project north of Flagstaff. It follows two devastating wildfires last summer that put some 1,500 homes in danger of catastrophic flooding.

Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest are letting one fire to burn and are considering allowing another consume woody debris.

A wildfire in the Secret Mountain Wilderness near Sedona has grown to about 19 acres.

Officials with the Bureau of Land Management will put seasonal fire restrictions in place in western Arizona beginning Friday.

A bill introduced in Congress would permanently raise pay and other benefits for wildland firefighters. It comes as temporary increases are set to expire in the coming months.

Fire crews in Grand Canyon National Park this week began a large prescribed burn along Desert View Drive on the South Rim.

Coconino National Forest officials will continue a series of prescribed burns this week.

A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to allow leased planes and helicopters used for responding to wildfires to transport wildland firefighters.