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Share August 6, 2009 By NOELLE STRAUB of Greenwire The Forest Service faces the denial of the $2.5 billion needed to replace aging airtankers — as well as other resources needed for aerial firefighting — unless it makes a better case for that cash, according to a new report by the Agriculture Department’s inspector general. Over the next decade, [...] Share
Thomas Marovich: Photo by Courtesy of US Forest Service WILLOW CREEK, Calif. – Firefighters are mourning the loss of their comrade Thomas (TJ) Marovich, Jr., 20, who incurred fatal injuries after an approximately 200 foot fall on Tuesday. The accident occurred during routine rappel training out of a Bell 212 helicopter, at [...] Share Study finds that climate’s influence on production, drying of fuels-not higher temperatures or longer fire seasons alone-critical determinant of Western wildfire burned area PORTLAND, Ore. June 26, 2009. The recent increase in area burned by wildfires in the Western United States is a product not of higher temperatures or longer fire seasons [...] — The parents of a firefighter killed in the Thirtymile forest fire have withdrawn a lawsuit against a U.S. Forest Service official, putting to rest the last lawsuit related to the blaze that killed four firefighters in [...] The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1404, the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act, “Flame Fund,” on Thursday, March 26 by a vote of 412-3. A dangerous amendment (see page two highlighted in yellow) was added to this bill to require that the wildland fire management strategy include a plan, developed in coordination with the National Guard Bureau, to maximize the use of National Guard resources to fight [...] Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Brigadier General Blake Crowe, from the Department of Defence. Fire fighters of America, friends of Australia, friends of the United [...] After leaving the Forest Service, Dietrich plans to get his professional forester license so he can practice forestry as a private consultant. He also plans to work with the La Verne Fire Department on a part-time basis as a deputy chief of emergency operations and to [...] With fire season approaching, the House Thursday passed legislation to protect funding for fighting fires so government officials won’t have to siphon money from other programs to handle the [...] Share VALLEJO, Calif., Mar. 12, 2009—U.S. Forest Service Chief Abigail Kimbell recently announced the Agency’s plan to participate in the nation’s economic recovery program. The Forest Service has received $1.15 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The first 10 percent of Forest Service projects nationwide created by the ARRA, totaling $98 million, have [...] |
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