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Payment schedule for Wallow Fire restitution
Two cousins who accidentally started Arizona's largest wildfire will begin paying more than $3.7 million in restitution next year, a little at a time.
Arizona judge OKs $3.7M in restitution for wildfire
Two cousins who accidentally started the largest wildfire in Arizona history will have to pay more than $3.7 million in restitution to those whose homes were destroyed or suffered other losses, a federal judge said Thursday.
Arizona lawmakers advance states’ rights bills
Arizona legislators are pushing back against the federal government on a host of issues this session by advancing legislation that seeks a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service, sets up a committee to review all federal mandates and requires federal law enforcement officers to notify local sheriffs before taking action.
Grijalva wants brakes put on proposed copper mine
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva has asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to suspend U.S. Forest Service hearings on the proposed Rosemont Copper mine and start over.
Forest Service says it’s acting on Wallow Fire recovery ahead of legislation
The U.S. Forest Service told a Senate panel Wednesday that work has already begun on recovery of forestland burned by the Wallow Fire, ahead of a bill that would require that action.
Don’t repeat mistakes made since Rodeo-Chediski fire
More than 800 square miles were torched, 32 home were destroyed and taxpayers are on the hook for $100 million.
That’s the cost of the Wallow fire, the largest wildfire in our state’s history. Sadly, this could have been prevented.
Allen wants to know when closed roads in Eastern Arizona will open again
The worst wildfire in Arizona history has been contained, but affected residents as well as local and state officials are only beginning to grapple with its aftermath.
Lawmakers call for more fire prevention efforts
Western state lawmakers from both parties say they are worried that the federal government's firefighting efforts don't place enough emphasis on prevention, and the result is the kind of devastation taking hold in eastern Arizona, where more than 733 square miles have burned.
Snowflake Republican calls for Wallow Fire investigation
Sen. Sylvia Allen, a Snowflake Republican, has asked for Senate President Russell Pearce’s permission for her to convene the Border Security, Federalism & State’s Sovereignty Committee to investigate the Wallow Fire.
Officials, locals spar over plan to restrict off-highway vehicles in national forest
Forest officials intend to close some of these trails as part of a plan to reduce the impact of off-road travel, as part of an initiative launched in 2005 to mitigate the effects of off-highway vehicles in all 155 national forests.
Judge affirms plan to restore Kaibab National Forest
FREDONIA - A federal judge this week struck down a lawsuit contending the U.S. Forest Service unlawfully approved a plan to reduce forest fuels and plant trees on a northern Arizona forest.
Policy requires proven Grand Canyon mine claims
FLAGSTAFF - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision to halt new mining claims on 1 million acres of land around the Grand Canyon comes with a fundamental change in how the U.S. Forest Service does business with mining companies.
