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Climate resilience demands healthy forests
Now, more than ever, we need to manage our forests actively to make them able to withstand the conditions we are facing.
Prescott, Yarnell to hold 10-year remembrance for 19 firefighters who died in Yarnell Hill Fire
The city of Prescott and the neighboring town of Yarnell are expected to honor the fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots today with public events. Lew Theokas, who lost his grandson, 27-year-old Garret Zuppiger, said it's still tough for him to talk about the Yarnell Hill Fire a decade later.
1,145 people remain evacuated as crews dig containment line around brush fire
Crews have successfully dug a containment line around a brush fire in northern Scottsdale that has burned 3.9 square miles (10 square kilometers) and threatened about 100 homes, authorities said Wednesday.
SRP, partners clearing forests to prevent wildfires
The Salt River Project is funding a new healthy fuels initiative north of Payson to prevent catastrophic wildfires and build water resiliency amidst the worst drought in state history.
State, feds work to protect watersheds
Wildfires both leave scars in their wake that threaten the rural communities around them with deadly floods and threaten both wildlife habitats and human drinking water that depends on healthy watersheds.
Forest Service seeks bids to thin AZ forests, avert wildfires
The U.S. Forest Service, faced with the slow pace of forest thinning, is seeking proposals to remove dense stands of trees in a wide swath of Arizona to help prevent wildfires.
