FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 6 | History Defined

Forestry leaders scramble to turn massive new funding into trees

MISSOULA, Mont. — Foresters, nursery managers and urban planners have long sought funding to grow more trees, replant burned areas and help marginalized communities prepare for the effects of climate change.

Tribune News Service · Oct 6, 2022

Colorado forest lovers brace as feds rev up multibillion-dollar 'wildfire crisis' logging across West

DENVER — Lodgepole pines grow thick in mountain foothill forests west of Denver. Government-backed loggers cut down thousands. This left a hole across several acres of the popular Flying J Ranch Park that, close up, looks to visitors more like mowing than thinning.

The Denver Post · Sep 27, 2022

Tribes seek more details on water use at Arizona copper mine

A federal agency says an environmental review for a proposed copper mine in Arizona falls short on details about water and the potential impacts of climate change

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Western fires outpace California effort to fill inmate crews

California has a first-in-the nation law and a $30 million training program both aimed at trying to help former inmate firefighters turn pro after they are released from prison

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022

Woman killed after falling 100ft during hike in Oregon

Bystanders performed CPR on the female hiker, but she was pronounced dead by emergency responders

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022

While McKinney fire rages, wildfire legislation stalls. Here’s what feds can do immediately

WASHINGTON — As the McKinney fire grew to become California’s largest of the season, leaving four people dead so far in Siskiyou County, members of Congress resigned that they could do nothing but hope:

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 8, 2022

McKinney fire, California’s biggest of year, destroyed at least 132 structures

The McKinney fire that’s killed four people has destroyed 132 structures, including 87 homes as it scorched nearly 60,000 acres in the Klamath National Forest, officials said.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 6, 2022

Manchin gets pipeline for climate deal

Dems to pave way for Mountain Valley Pipeline, remove jurisdiction from a court that keeps ruling against project

Salon · Aug 5, 2022

Four people have died in Northern California's huge wildfire

The death toll doubled when two additional bodies were found within the burn zone of the McKinney Fire, the state's largest blaze of the year.

WEKU · Aug 2, 2022

Death toll rises to four in California’s biggest wildfire this year

McKinney fire has burned more than 100 buildings in north of state as other blazes ignite in US west

The Guardian - US · Aug 2, 2022