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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 nation's 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, store after store destroyed, gone. governor gavin newsom calls it a "smashmouth example of the cli...

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 stoves, lanterns, and firepits. There are no longer any exemptions for having fires.  "The Forest Superv...

(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 and Ventenata grasses threaten native plant and wildlife habitat, undermine the health of watersheds, ...

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 ...