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MOSCOW -Three new shortened degree programs offered this fall at University of Idaho seek to address growing workforce needs. The College of Natural Resources programs prepare students for jobs in fire mitigation, forestry operations, and nursery management after two years of education, rather than four. The offerings, approved by the State Board of Education in April,

The University of Idaho is adding three associate degrees in the College of Natural Resources this fall.

Despite being down a couple of members, the all-girl team still dominated.

Students at Sunrise Mountain High School can choose to take rigorous hands-on firefighting training through classes during their junior and senior year.

A lab is disproving many theories about how fire spreads. It's studying fire to learn how changing climate conditions affect its behavior.

I step into an idyllic blueberry patch with my daughter, and it hits me: an unmistakable whiff of wildfire smoke. This would be expected out west. But I’m in Pittsfield, Massachusetts — and the Air…

 E-Mail IMAGE: A UM student and wildland firefighter walks on UMs Bandy Ranch in April during a prescribed burn event hosted by the University. The prescribed burn took two years to plan... view more  Credit: University of Montana MISSOULA - In mid-April on the University of Montana-owned Bandy Ranch in neighboring Powell County, the snow was still visible on the surrounding Garnet Mountains, geese were honking overhead and Cottonwood Creek was beginning to ripple. But there would b...

During a Pet and Kids Walking Parade at Good Samaritan Society – Moscow Village on Friday afternoon, four generations meet in-person for the first time as Pat Furtado, right, celebrates her 85th birthday with her daughter Sheree Furtado, granddaughter Dr. Sarah Guess, left, and her great granddaughter Henlee Guess, 9-months-old. More Headlines

  The study began in the wake of the dramatic 2004 fire season in Alaska when 6.7 million acres of forest burned—an area about five times the size of Prince Edward Island and seven times the long-term average. Historically, more than half of this forested terrain has been dominated by black spruce, but after fire, faster-growing aspen and birch are replacing some of these stands.   “In a region with only five common tree species, this study shows how changes in tree composition can dr...

WATERTOWN — The city fire department has identified Peyton Morse of LaFargeville as the firefighter who suffered a medical emergency during training Wednesday.