Wildfire Danger Up
WTAJ-TV Altoona - 53 minutes agoWith the arrival of warm spring temperatures and lots of sunshine, the danger of wild fires has been going up.
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With the arrival of warm spring temperatures and lots of sunshine, the danger of wild fires has been going up.
The Arkansas Forestry Commission said more than 3,000 acres burned in 128 wildfires over the weekend.
Louisa firefighters received specialized training in fighting forest fires.
The Jefferson City Fire Department, in cooperation with Jefferson City Parks and Recreation, Missouri Department of Conversation, and the River Bluff Audubon Society, conducted training in fighting wildfires Friday.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - A popular camping and fishing destination west of Paradox will close this summer as it undergoes improvements. A Manti-LaSal National Forest official says Buckeye Reservoir will be closed while crews reconstruct campsites, build a boat ramp, install new toilet facilities, improve roads and thin ponderosa pines to reduce the threat of wildfire. Moab-Monticello Ranger ...
The El Dorado County Fire Safe Council is encouraging residents to prune trees and clear brush from
(Jefferson City, MO) The Missouri Department of Conservation says the state has been lucky so far this winter, but the threat of wildfires could return quickly with dry, windy weather.
FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — Nature isn't kind to overnight camping platforms at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. If periodic wildfires don't destroy the wooden shelters, humidity, high water an...
Nature isn't kind to overnight camping platforms at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. If periodic wildfires don't destroy the wooden shelters, humidity, high water and wear and tear from campers takes an exacting toll in 15 to 20 years.
HUNTINGTON -- The spring forest fire season starts Monday, March 1, in West Virginia, unless there is an inch of snow on the ground.
Investigators still haven't identified the charred body of a man found in an incinerated freeway encampment after a Southern California wildfire 17 months ago.