Tag Archives: Forest Service

The New York Times 2:31 am on September 25, 2020
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Trump Administration to Announce Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging

The effort to open the Alaskan wilderness area, the nation’s largest national forest, has been in the works for about two years.

#alaska, #environment, #forest-service, #forests-and-forestry, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #logging-industry, #tongass-national-forest-alaska, #united-states-politics-and-government, #wilderness-areas

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The New York Times 5:17 pm on September 22, 2020
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How Wildfire Became an Enemy Instead of an Ally

Starting with the Big Blowup of 1910, the U.S. Forest Service’s strategy mostly has been to put out fires as fast as possible. With climate change and shifting populations, we’re losing that war.

#environment, #fires-and-firefighters, #forest-service, #forests-and-forestry, #interior-department, #national-parks-monuments-and-seashores, #pinchot-gifford, #sunset-magazine, #wildfires

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The New York Times 10:46 pm on September 18, 2020
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A Coronavirus Infection Complicates Portland-Area Firefighting Efforts

A fire incident management team went into temporarily isolation this week in Washington State after a member of a resupply crew tested positive for the coronavirus.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #fires-and-firefighters, #forest-service, #quarantines, #washington-state, #wildfires

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The New York Times 7:00 pm on August 2, 2020
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Apple Fire Leads to Evacuation Order for 7,000 in California

The wildfire, near the San Bernardino National Forest east of Los Angeles, was burning out of control on Sunday morning.

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The New York Times 11:00 pm on May 17, 2020
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Forty Years Later, Lessons for the Pandemic From Mount St. Helens

The tensions we now face between science, politics and economics also arose before the country’s most destructive volcanic eruption.

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The New York Times 7:00 pm on May 14, 2020
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Will the Coronavirus Make the West More Vulnerable to Wildfires?

The fight against Covid-19 has disrupted preparations for the fire season.

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The New York Times 2:30 pm on May 7, 2020
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Wildfires in Florida Panhandle Force Hundreds to Evacuate

More than 1,000 residents were told to move away from fires that a state official called “extremely dangerous.”

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