Wildfire News
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A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House designed to improve the federal government’s response to wildfires in the West.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a nearly $2 million grant to Arizona State University to bolster community protection from wildfire smoke.
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The official overseeing about $4 billion in federal relief for people affected by a fire in a New Mexico fire set by the Forest Service is being reassigned to help consolidate recovery operations in the state.
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Managers on the Coconino National Forest will conduct a series of pile burns this week near Flagstaff and Clints Well.
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A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would remove overtime pay caps for wildland firefighters who work for the departments of Interior and Agriculture.
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Managers on the Coconino National Forest plan to burn more than 2,000 acres of slash piles this week near Flagstaff.
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A new study from Northern Arizona University found redwood trees burned by wildfires can draw on century-old carbon reserves to re-sprout.
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Fire crews on the Prescott National Forest have limited the spread of a more than 50-acre wildfire about seven miles west of Prescott.