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The Biden administration will use $3 billion from last year’s infrastructure law to revamp the federal approach to wildfire management, introducing a 10-year plan to deal with the large swaths of the West scientists consider most at risk of destructive blazes.

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden recently announced the Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act (Smith River NRA), legislation to expand the Smith River NRA, cleared a

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden recently announced the Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act (Smith River NRA), legislation to expand the Smith River NRA, cleared a

A recent report published by the Indiana Forest Alliance details the decline of Indianapolis’s tree stock, and experts say the city’s data is representative of the state overall.

INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana has been shedding trees the past few decades.

The United States Forest Service announces that part of the infrastructure plan will go to thin forests and reduce fire hazards as the climate gets hotter and drier.

A report calls for a “paradigm shift” in preventing fires, shifting away from fire suppression and toward a combination of logging to reduce forest density and prescribed, controlled burns.

The Biden administration will announce Tuesday it is using $3 billion from last year’s infrastructure law to revamp the federal approach to wildfire management, introducing a 10-year plan to deal with the large swaths of the West scientists consider most at risk of destructive blazes.

Located adjacent to the scenic Wind River and framed by the wild Wind River Mountains to the south, the timeless cowboy town of Dubois, Wyoming is rich in history... More Posted April 04, 2021 They [Northern Plains] confound the common view that ordinary people are powerless in the face of industry. - Billings Gazette editorial The venerable Northern Plains Resource Council, a Montana group that has fought coal plant pollution for 40 years and defended ranchers against... ...

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