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07/19/11 The Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort has won initial federal approval for a plan that would expand the ski area to at least five times its current size. The U.S. Forest Service , which controls the resort's land on the north face of Mount Charleston, has
07/18/11 Sonora, CA -- Three popular day-use destinations in the Stanislaus National Forest are re-opening today after being closed down for nearly a year. Forest Service Spokesperson Jerry Snyder says
07/17/11 The Florida Forest Service is reporting that a 50-acre fire on Pine Island is mainly under control.
07/16/11 A portion of the mudslide that's causing some trouble for Dillon's water supply in Straight Creek. A landslide crashed into Straight Creek on U.S. Forest Service land last week, threatening Dillon and Dillon Valley's primary water supply.
07/16/11 A Sacramento federal judge has thrown out a challenge by environmentalists to the U.S. Forest Service 's effort to prevent a recurrence of the disastrous Angora fire near South Lake Tahoe.
07/16/11 Logging starts Monday on Frisco Peninsula Starting today, the U.S. Forest Service will be limiting access to sections of the Frisco Peninsula Area on the Dillon Ranger District to allow a contractor to remove dead trees hit by the mou Copyright 2011 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit ...
07/15/11 The U.S. Forest Service says a series of forest fires in western New Mexico's Gila Wilderness were started by lightning.
07/15/11 Get used to the red-tailed jet flying low over the Missoula Valley. It could be the look of the future for Neptune Aviation's firefighting bomber fleet. "At this point, it's still just R&D," Neptune senior vice president Dan Snyder said of the jet-propelled BAe-146 aircraft with the big "40" on the tail. "We're still learning and tweaking. Next week, the Forest Service may begin evaluation."
07/15/11 Contractors hired by the U.S. Forest Service are using helicopters to spread straw on areas burned in the massive Wallow Fire in eastern Arizona.
07/15/11 » Comment period open for draft forest plan, public meeting scheduled: The U.S. Forest Service will accept public input until Sept. 1 on the Draft Forest Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for George Washington and Jefferson National forests. A public workshop is scheduled from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday at Augusta County Government Center, 18 Government Center Lane. Written comments can ...
07/14/11 The USDA Forest Service, Pagosa Ranger District has made the environmental assessment for the East Side Road Management Project available for public review and comment at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/sanjuan/projects. The 30-day comment period will end July 29.
07/14/11 Pitkin County commissioners found themselves in the odd position this week of differing with the U.S. Forest Service on what level of protection is appropriate for roadless areas within Colorado's national forests.
07/14/11 East Texas firefighters are working on a large fire in a wooded area south of Henderson on FM 225. The Texas Forest Service tells KETK they have taken control of the situation. read more
07/14/11 ( USDA Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station ) Thumbing through this guide and viewing the color and beauty of each plant, it is hard to realize that these are pests and invasive species. The recent release, "Nonnative Invasive Plants of Pacific Coast Forests: A Field Guide for Identification," by the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station, is a concise and well ...
07/12/11 Blessed by the vigorous onset of monsoon rains, the Forest Service this week lifted closures in Rim Country, but left many fire restrictions in place. The Tonto National Forest on Wednesday will lift closures that had limited use of Fossil Creek, Tonto Creek and areas off the Control Road, crimping tourism at the height of the season.
07/12/11 The Simmons Road fire in Bladen County is 70 percent contained, according to NC Forest Service officials.
07/11/11 Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in an attempt to stop an eastern Montana logging project. The Beaver Creek project in the Custer National Forest would authorize 1,487 acres of logging and prescribed burns in about 8,000 acres.
07/11/11 Firefighters from several communities continue to battle a brush fire in the Liberty Hill area, near the intersection of Pickett Lane and Ivy Drive. The Texas Forest Service is now calling it the Pickett Fire.
07/11/11 VICKI SMITH Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. A gas company that legally doused a patch of West Virginia forest with salty wastewater from a drilling operation killed ground vegetation within days and more than half the trees within two years, a new report from the U.S. Forest Service says. Lead researcher Mary Beth Adams says that the damage to the quarter-acre, detailed in a case study ...
07/11/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press NOGALES, Ariz. Crews have flood damage prevention work on a huge swath of land west of Nogales that burned in a series of wildfires. Three fires burned across more than 134 square miles of rugged land between May 30 and June 17. The denuded area will make flooding and debris flows much more likely as the monsoon hits. Crews from the U.S. Forest Service ...
07/10/11 WINTHROP - Trail, area and intermittent road closures will be in effect in the Hart's Pass, Cady Pass and Mill Creek areas west of Mazama this week. The closures begin July 11 and are associated with the U.S. Forest Service's Azurite Mine cleanup project. | 
