Fire burns 7 acres east of Flagstaff
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 06:33:34 -0700 | green-news
Sun Staff Reporter Arizona Daily Sun A fire burned about 7 acres of the Coconino National Forest east of Flagstaff Tuesday afternoon before crews contained the blaze...Forest Service and the Summit Fire Department were called to the human-caused fire at...
No campfires for Memorial Day? Get over it
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 05:45:49 -0700 | green-news
Five national forests in northern and eastern Arizona begin a ban on dispersed campfires this morning and Thursday just as the region enters a string of Red Flag Warning days ahead of the crowded Memorial Day Weekend. A coordinated starting...
First Four Forest Restoration Initiative project likely to begin in June
Source: Navajo Hopi Observer
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 11:26:39 -0700 | green-news
Almost one year ago, the Forest Service awarded Pioneer Forest Products with the first stewardship contract under the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). The Forest Service anticipates that work issued under the Ranch Task Order, which was released in late...
Campfire bans kick in together
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 06:23:32 -0700 | green-news
Arizona Daily Sun People will be limited in where they can build a fire or smoke starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday in the city of Flagstaff, the Coconino National Forest and parts of the Kaibab National Forest. Three other national...
Wild turkeys relocated from Davis-Monthan air base
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 10:32:44 -0700 | green-news
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago A group of wild turkeys is now roaming Mount Lemmon after being captured at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Managers with the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the base's cultural and...
East Flagstaff road work starts next week
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 05:16:07 -0700 | green-news
Arizona Daily Sun A long-term construction project is beginning next week in east Flagstaff, near West Street and Arrowhead Avenue. Construction crews will be putting in new asphalt, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, driveways, storm drains, lighting, and improving water and...
Big forest-thinning project begins in June
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 05:16:04 -0700 | green-news
Sun Staff Reporter Arizona Daily Sun The biggest-ever project aimed at making a region's forests healthier is starting in a few weeks in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, near Show Low. Plans are to thin trees 1 inch in diameter and...
BLM studies impact of northwestern Ariz. wind farm
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 13:36:44 -0700 | green-news
The Associated Press The Associated Press 2 hours ago The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is favoring a scaled-back version of a wind farm in Mohave County. BP Wind Energy North America had proposed building 283 wind turbines on BLM...
Campfire ban due soon?
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 06:14:09 -0700 | green-news
Sun Staff Reporter Arizona Daily Sun Restrictions on smoking and campfires could start next week on the Coconino National Forest and beyond. That's the word from the head of firefighting on that forest -- after talks with the Kaibab, Tonto...
Firefighters: Mesa house fire fueled by clutter
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 15:47:15 -0700 | green-news
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Firefighters say flames that rushed through a Mesa home early Wednesday were fueled by a hoarding situation...Firefighters with the Mesa, Chandler and Tempe departments responded. Forrest Smith of the Mesa Fire...
4FRI open house Wednesday
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 19:19:36 -0700 | green-news
Coconino and Kaibab National Forests and proposes forest restoration treatments over a 10-year period.
Gardening Etcetera: On the death of a dog
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-11 06:07:08 -0700 | green-news
Arizona Daily Sun People who study dogs generally agree that dogs evolved out of wolves, not the jackal as once thought. The story goes that wolves gradually insinuated themselves into the camps and caves of our ancestors, drawn by food...
Lockett Meadow campground reopens next week
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 10:50:04 -0700 | green-news
Forest Service has reopened most of the campgrounds that closed over the winter in the Coconino National Forest. That includes all of the developed campsites in the Flagstaff and Oak Creek Canyon area with the exception of Lockett Meadow. That...
Cooperation helped nab arson suspect
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 05:30:59 -0700 | green-news
Arizona Daily Sun 30 minutes ago To the editor: With the recent fires we've experienced here in the Flagstaff area and the response from our local, county and state law enforcement partners; it's important that our community knows how important...
Fixed-date campfire ban nixed
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 06:38:16 -0700 | green-news
Arizona Daily Sun 1 hour ago A group of local residents has again pressed for a fixed-date campfire ban in the national forest surrounding Flagstaff following 2010's Schultz fire and has been denied for a third summer. But the head...
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