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Utah in search of new State Forester as fire season approaches FOX 13 and last updated 2021-04-13 17:57:37-04 SALT LAKE CITY — With wildfire season within reach, the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands is looking to fill its top leadership position of State Forester/Director. Both the Governor’s Office and Utah Department of Natural Resources have confirmed that previous Utah FFSL Director Brian Cottam resigned last week. Cottam, who previously served as Deputy Director, took over the Director role in late 2013. “We know this could be a difficult fire season and we�...

Curtis gets bipartisan AIR safety bill passed in the US House Created: 10 December 2020 Drones flown in a wildfire suppression area create additional hazards to fire fighting personne; and increase risk to structures and lives on the ground. When people fly drones into the fire fighting area, fire manager must ground their own drones and helicopters until the air space is clear.  Representative John Curtis, the Deputy Republican Leader of the National Parks, Forest, and Public Lands Subcommittee spoke on the floor today on behalf of his bipartisan bill, H.R. 5040, the Aerial...

Getting to the remote island in the Great Salt Lake will be the thing, though. Visitors “just need to take the necessary precautions and be safe. It’s not easily accessible,” Laura Vernon, spokesperson for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, or FFSL, said Wednesday. Fremont Island in the Great Salt Lake is shown in this undated photo. Photo supplied, Charles Uibel/Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands News emerged last month that the Palladium Foundation of Salt Lake City, headed by conservationist Jennifer Speers, had ...