Desolation Fire News Today

Staffed fire lookouts, once ubiquitous in the West, have all but faded into obscurity. Deep in North Cascades National Park, Jim Henterly is still at it.

Spring prescribed burning and fuels reduction work continues Forest Service firefighters will complete prescribed burns at Marks Creek and Upper Beaver Creek When we think of the forests we grew up with, many of us have in our mind very dense stands of trees with tall brush. It felt normal to us because we visited and enjoyed our forests in that condition for decades. But those decades also included aggressive fire suppression by land management agencies, which allowed unchecked growth ...