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Obama signs bill to help agencies manage skyrocketing wildfire suppression costs
President Obama this weekend signed legislation that will bring a degree of relief to the nation's forests by helping federal agencies solve several of the top problems caused by the skyrocketing costs of wildfire suppression.

State Foresters Praise Interior Bill That Sets up FLAME Fund
Senate leaders unanimously approved the creation of a separate source of funding for federal agencies to suppress large-scale wildfires

Op-Ed, by Bob Zybach: The real cost of wildfires
The tab for U.S. wildfires as commonly reported by the news media is only a fraction of the full costs experienced by the public.

Evergreen Aviation 747 drops retardant on California wildfires
A modified Boeing 747 owned by McMinnville-based Evergreen Aviation made its first fire retardant drop Monday in the contiguous United States over wildfires raging in California.

CA - 2 Firefighters Die As Los Angeles Wildfire Rages
The fire, called the Station Fire, has more than doubled in size since Saturday, scorching more than 42,500 acres of underbrush, scrub oak and mature trees and destroying three dozen cabins inside the Angeles National Forest and 18 homes

CO - Dead Trees Threaten Rocky Mountain Powerlines
Forest Service will cut dead trees under powerlines in Colorado forests to protect electrical grid

Beetles, Wildfire: Double Threat In Warming World
Earth's climate is changing most rapidly in the Arctic and sub-Arctic

New Report - Conventional Wisdoms Of Woody Biomass Utilization
A collaboration of researchers from the University of Minnesota, Michigan Technological University, University of Oregon, and the Northern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service have released a new report

NV - Wood Chips Provide Valuable Fuel At Tahoe
A new facility to store wood chips at Lake Tahoe has boosted efforts to reduce wildfire danger while producing a ready source of clean energy

BC - Pine Beetles, Debris Fueling Wildfires
Hot dry weather is among the more obvious reasons for the large number of wildfires in British Columbia this summer

WY - Beetle-Killed Trees Make Fire Unpredictable
Wildland firefighters look to protect homes on forest boundary

U.S. Wildfire Cost-Plus-Loss Economics Project: The One-Pager Checklist
The economic impacts of wildfires are far-reaching and new (and old) research shows the need for improved cost estimates of wildfire

2009 Mechanized Equipment for Fire and Fuels Operations Directory is now available!
A collaborative project of agency, nonprofit and private sectors to create a handy reference, training guidebook and dispatching aid.

Raging B.C. Wildfire Forces Thousands To Flee
About 5,000 residents were forced to flee their homes Saturday as fire crews battled a quick-spreading forest fire covering two square kilometres of West Kelowna, in B.C.'s Okanagan region

CA - 2007 Fire Illustrates Need To Thin Trees, Some Say
Jay Francis, forest manager for the Collins Pine Co., says land in the Collins Almanor forest in Chester that burned in the 2007 Moonlight fire was damaged less and recovered faster than in surrounding areas.

AK - Wildland Blazes Keep Hundreds Of Firefighters Working
Hundreds of firefighters battled dozens of wildland blazes across Alaska on Saturday, and incident managers scheduled a meeting in Funny River tonight to answer questions and provide updates on the Shanta Creek fire east of Soldotna

Beetles Add New Dynamic To Forest Fire Control Efforts
Theres just a lot more fuel in those dead forests available to burn, said Bob Harrington, the Montana state forester, who is focusing additional resources this summer on a three-million-acre zone of beetle-infested forest from Butte to Helena

Forest Service Disagrees With Study On Thinning
National Fire Director Tom Harbour said Friday that by its count 43 percent of the 10.8 million acres treated by federal agencies in recent years was in and around communities threatened by wildfire

CO - Wildfire Simulations Aim To Educate Residents
First drill this year encourages residents to evacuate in real emergency

B.C. Forest Service Dumps 50 Firefighters For Safety Violations
The 50 firefighters employed by three contractors, Grayco, Frontline and Firestorm, will be hired back as soon as they meet safety regulations

MT - Pine Beetle Damage Could Fuel Wildfires
State Forester Bob Harrington warned Monday that the pine trees damaged and killed by beetles could provide fuel for major fires here this year

MT - Governor: Thin Trees Around House To Prevent Fires
Montanans living in the urban wildlife interface should anticipate not getting government help if a fire catches near their homes in wooded areas, Gov. Brian Schweitzer said

CO - Forest Cleanup In High Gear
Swan Mountain, Ryan Gulch and Straight Creek slated for summer treatments

WA - Global Warming's Impacts On State Forests: Burn Baby Burn!
Lands commissioner says our children will live with consequences

MT - Thinning Projects Help Loggers Find Work
Right now, we're the only game in town for some of these loggers, Susan Sutherland said. She's coordinator at the Northwest Regional Resource Conservation and Development office, the nonprofit through which the federal and state money flowed

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