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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For decades, the U.S. Forest Service’s practice of putting out...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For decades, the U.S. Forest Service’s practice of putting out wildfires was a huge success. But the policy backfired, setting the stage for the massive destructive wildfires that have flared with increasing regularity across the West.

Deliberately setting fires is becoming more common in Utah as a more cost-effective and ecologically sound strategy for fixing forest health.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For decades, the U.S. Forest Service’s practice of putting out wildfires was a huge success. But the policy backfired, setting the stage for the massive destructive wildfires that have flared with increasing regularity across the West.

October 29, 2021 – Pocatello, ID: Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust and Bear River Land Conservancy welcomed Matt Coombs as the new Conservation Coordinator for the Bear River Watershed on October