Forest Service using the threat of wildfires to meet timber targets
The agency has sought to minimize environmental oversight, and critics say the agency also has become incentivized to cut ...
Forest Service is using threat of wildfires to meet timber targets, documents show
Internal documents show the Forest Service discussing — both internally and with the timber industry — how its legal and ...
Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funding.
The decision undermines Trump’s repeated insistence that communities need to clear combustible materials like fallen branches ...
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Maine train derailment that led to injuries and forest fire was caused by beaver dam, officials say
SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and ...
Trump’s DOGE fires thousands more federal employees; president orders end to school Covid-19 vaccine mandates: Live
Veterans Affairs lets go of 1,000 employees as Trump and Musk push cost-cutting plan into overdrive: Live - President and ...
Officials: WA loses access to $200M in wildfire preparedness funding
A DNR spokesperson said the agency wasn't notified or provided an explanation of why it is unable to access the funds.
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Can the LA wildfires happen in Western WA? The answer is complicated and sobering
an associate professor at the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. It was those conditions that fed destructive fires in Pierce County in early September 2020.
Tree branches, power pole fires knock electricity out across Puget Sound region
The latest storm to hit western Washington produced numbers all over the board.Snow totals ranged from none or a trace in the ...