Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. masticator operator treats a brush patch at the Virgil Phillips Farm Park near Moscow A masticator operator treats a brush patch ...

CROOKED RIVER RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) -- One of the key reasons firefighters were able to stop the spread of the fast-moving Alder Springs Fire this week was a fuels reduction project done in the area five ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Forest thinning and hazardous fuels reduction treatments are underway at the top of Cold Creek Trail near South Lake Tahoe. The project involves thinning of overly dense ...

As a lifelong lover of hiking, climbing, and general outdoor recreation, a career in land management was a dream for me from a young age. In my role of the Natural Resources and Trails manager for ...

The Deschutes National Forest continues to log and conduct prescribed burns on the premise that fuel reduction (logging) makes communities safer from wildfire. This is delusional. Most of the ...

The SNC Board approved more Wildfire and Forest Resilience grants that will help protect natural landscapes and communities from major disturbances, such as wildfire. Credit: SNC The SNC Board ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is scheduled to begin hazardous fuels reduction mastication treatments in Meyers near the Pioneer Trail and U.S.

PARADISE — There are plenty of ways to reduce fire fuels, but only nine special masticators are made for quickly trimming down brush. One of them is on the Paradise ridge this week. Fuel reduction has ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) started a new brush fire fuel reduction project in north Phoenix on Monday. The reduction is part of efforts to protect ...

OROVILLE — A $275,831 contract is on the docket for Tuesday’s Butte County Board of Supervisors meeting for large-scale fuel reduction work. If approved, the county will pay Ascene Environmental, Inc.

At a July 15 work session, the Summit Board of County Commissioners expressed concerns that a staff-recommended funding contribution to a fuel reduction project in the Frisco Backyard was too high.