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Fear of Wildfires Forces Forest Closures Across Arizona

Fear of Wildfires Forces Forest Closures Across Arizona

High fire danger and resources running thin     By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — When temperatures are sweltering in Arizona's desert areas, people head to the forests to camp, hike, fish and just cool off. But options for finding...

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Vacaville, CA Prescribed Burn

Vacaville, CA Prescribed Burn

Controlled burn and training     Solana NewsNet May 26, 2021: Crews from the Vacaville Fire Department and nearby allied agencies set fire to dry vegetation on Callen Hill near Allison Drive on Wednesday as part of a controlled burn and training event ahead...

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Burning Body Found at Ohio Brush Fire

Burning Body Found at Ohio Brush Fire

Homicide in Franklin County     COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The death of a woman whose burning body was found last week in a wooded area of a small central Ohio community has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. Firefighters responding to reports of a...

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Monks Join Fight Against California’s Willow Fire

Monks Join Fight Against California’s Willow Fire

The monks train every year with professional firefighters     BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A group of firefighting monks was ready to defend a Buddhist monastery being threatened Tuesday by a wildfire burning in the rugged central coast mountains south of Big Sur....

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Calls to Increase Prescribed Burns Face Obstacles

Calls to Increase Prescribed Burns Face Obstacles

"The program has to last forever."     By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in the state's pine forests, many people thought he...

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