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KAFF News pic courtesy of the State Forestry Department 2020 Was One Of The Worst Fire Seasons In Arizona In A Decade Arizona just saw one of the worst fire seasons the state has had in a decade. State forestry officials say in 2020 over 25-hundred wildfires burned more than 978-thousand acres of state, federal and tribal lands. Of those fires, 82-percent were human caused. Last year, there were over 650 more fires that burned over 593-thousand more acres than 2019. Officials say the drier than normal Monsoon season played a significant role in the rise in both categories. The most destr...

(Press File Photo by Geoffrey Plant) Forest Service personnel light the Elks Pasture prescribed burn in June 2019 in the Gila National Forest. If passed, a bill making its way through the state Legislature would enable landowners to conduct more prescribed burns on private property. “We need to use fire where we can to manage our resources and help protect communities,” said Punky Moore, fire communications specialist for the Southwestern Region of the Forest Service. “Proper coordination and communication could lead to a comprehensive approach to treat the landscape. In many places the...

While Section 41(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (amended 2011) recognises the freedom of movement of every Nigerian by saying “every citizen of Nigeria is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria...

Oluwarotimi Akeredolu PHOTO: Twitter The seven-day ultimatum given to Fulani herdsmen to vacate forest reserves within Ondo State by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN has since generated heated controversies. While the Federal Government declared that the Governor lacks the constitutional power to issue quit notice to anyone in the State, the Governor and some other socio-cultural groups like Afenifere insisted that the vacation order remains valid. The purpose of this intervention, therefore, is to attempt a legal dissection of the constitutional validity of the vacation order vis-à-vis the pu...

A small section of the Billy Creek Access Road will possibly be realigned in the near future, after the Johnson County Commission voted to approve a letter of support for the project. Commission Chair Bill Novotny gave an overview of the issue facing the county and various other entities concerning the road. Kelly Norris, District Forester with the Wyoming State Forestry Division, explained the scope of the proposed project, which will move a section of the road from private lands and also realign and straighten the road, moving it onto US Forest Service lands in that section. Norris explaine...