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A nearly 100 year-old dam near Leavenworth, Washington, is under heavy pressure from melting snow this week and officials are warning downstream residents…
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Tribes across the West are trying to restore their forests and grasslands to the way they were before white settlers arrived. Their goal is to return…
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Senator Maria Cantwell questioned the acting head of the U.S. Forest Service, Vicki Christiansen, this week. Among the senator's top concerns: there may…
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In Seattle, there’s a national fire research lab where scientists have been working on a new computer model to better aid land managers as they predict…
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We’ve seen more wildfires burning into urban communities lately. But there’s a lot homeowners can do to protect themselves, according to top scientists at…
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Nearly 20 percent of people in Washington and 15 percent in Oregon speak a language other than English at home. Emergency managers from around the West…
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Forests and grasslands in Eastern Washington state are at high risk for large, intense wildfire. This spring Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife…
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The new person in charge of regional firefighters at the U.S. Forest Service has called for an increase in prescribed fire and a change in attitude about…
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The long-range forecast for the upcoming wildfire season in the Northwest is out. And even though Oregon and Washington are in the same region, forecasts…
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It may still be wet and muddy out there, and snow may even be on the ground in some places, but it’s also the time of year when wildland firefighters…