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While crews are mopping up and increasingly containing the Knoll Fire just east of McKenzie Bridge, parts of the affected area will be closed for a year,

The nations largest active wildfire is nowhere near finished. the dixie fire in northern california is close to burning half a million acres, which is almost shattering the state record. 16,000 homes, businesses and other buildings are in its path. nearly 900 are already lost. one forest supervisor calls this truly frightening fire behavior. now, the disaster starting nearly a month ago. some of the most dramatic examples coming from the small city of greenville. look at that. house after house,...

A campfire in the BWCA, which is banned as of July 21. |  Photo: WDIO-TV/File WDIO Created: July 22, 2021 03:04 PM The Superior National Forest is tightening fire restrictions further. Starting Thursday, no campfires will be allowed at all on Forest land or in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, even in designated fire rings. Propane or gas devices with an on/off switch will be permitted. That includes stove...

(Photo courtesy of the Bighorn National Forest) Bighorn National Forest officials invite the public to two rescheduled public meetings to discuss the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Invasive and Other Select Plant Management Project on the Bighorn National Forest. The public comment period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, began June 26 and continues for the following 45 days. Comments will be accepted through August 9, 2021. Invasive plant species like the Medusahead an...

Jun. 6—When she was in the second grade, Debbie Cress encountered a celebrity who changed her life. It was Smokey Bear — or, rather, a guy dressed in a Smokey Bear costume. The scene was the Luna County fair in Deming, near where Cress grew up. Having spent her childhood outdoors, she knew Smokey Bear was something important. "I want to work for him," she said to herself. "I don't know what he ...

2021 Jackie Caivano Memorial Scholarship winners announced U.S. Forest Service - Salmon-Challis National Forest Facebook SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) — The 2021 Jackie Caivano Scholarship recipients have been selected. This year, one student from Salmon, Leadore, Challis and Mackay received a $1,500 scholarship each for a total of $6,000 awarded. Students selected were Samantha Cluff (Salmon High School), Paige Ramsey (Leadore High School), Olivia Farr (Challis High School) and Sydney Hammack (Macka...

The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) has received $850,000 from the first round of funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to work on five local projects. All of the planned projects will improve the visitor experience by reducing deferred maintenance and enhancing recreational infrastructure. “The Great American Outdoors Act is a major investment in our public lands that will help us tackle deferred maintenance and infrastructure projects on National F...

SILVER CITY – Campfire and smoking restrictions are now in place on the Gila National Forest in order to protect public health and reduce preventable human-caused fires. Adam Mendonca, forest supervisor, stated “We have seen an increase in abandoned campfires and feel it’s critical to reduce the potential for any additional fire starts during this period of drought and high fire danger.” Fire restrictions are an important tool to help prevent or limit human-caused wildfires. Fire rest...

The Dillon Ranger District is accepting comments on a proposal to construct more trails at Frisco Nordic Center. The new trails are part of a second phase of winter and summer trail expansion on U.S. Forest Service land at the Frisco Peninsula Recreation Area. The proposed second phase includes the construction of 1.7 miles of 10 new winter Nordic ski trail segments and 5.4 miles of 14 new summer multiuse, nonmotorized trail segments. The project’s second phase aims to provide better experien...

Lisa Dancing-Light is a Carbondale artist and teacher who is reframing environmental conservation through the lens of storytelling. Dancing-Light’s children’s book, “Magic Mountain,” will be released next week to align with the celebration of Earth…