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Flagstaff City Council members debated a citizen petition Wednesday that requested the city add wildfire, flooding, and drought to the priorities in its Carbon Neutrality Plan.
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2024 will be a milestone year for the U.S. Forest Service; it marks Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday. The agency is set to launch a year-long celebration in January celebrating the fire prevention icon with activities planned across the U.S.
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Officials with the Coconino National Forest say a wildfire burning southeast of Flagstaff is now 100% contained. The human-caused Maid Fire was first reported Nov. 4 on Apache Maid Mountain.
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A lightning-caused wildfire burning southwest of Flagstaff since last month is nearly 70% contained. Fire managers say crews have begun suppression repair work the Cecil Fire burning on the Coconino National Forest and Arizona State Trust lands.
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Officials with the Kaibab National Forest say a wildfire burning near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is now 100% contained.
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Residents of Flagstaff and other northern Arizona communities have no doubt noticed all the smoke in the air in recent weeks. It’s come from a combination of several prescribed burns and lightning-caused wildfires that forest officials have opted to manage for ecological benefit following a very snowy winter and amid an unusually wet spring.
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Fire managers are set to begin a large prescribed burn about 10 miles southwest of Flagstaff Wednesday.
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Fire crews are working to contain an approximately 100-acre brush fire in the Verde Valley near Tuzigoot National Monument.
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A new study shows conifer forests in the West are struggling to regrow after wildfires. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, the researchers say forest management practices can help.
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The San Carlos Apache Tribe will receive $32 million from the federal government to thin forests and reduce wildfire risks on tribal lands in the eastern part of Arizona.