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Wildfire strategy doesn’t need a winner – with 3 camps fighting for dominance, the system can’t keep up with the risk

One of the problems with how America deals with wildfires is thinking there is one primary strategy that can end the nation’s wildfire crisis. Whether that’s detecting and putting out every fire fast, increasing logging and forest thinning, or allowing fires to burn under safe conditions, the default choice today…

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Colorado family protects 684-acre ranch after 90 years; old cabin was ranger post

After more than 90 years of family stewardship, Colorado’s 684-acre Ute Ranch has gained permanent protection through a donated conservation easement. The historic working ranch will remain privately owned and continue supporting agriculture, wildlife and water resources while preserving its historic buildings and landscape for future generations.

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3 California hikers trusted AI to plan Mount Shasta climb; 8-hour trek became a 16-hour ordeal that left them injured, stranded overnight and ultimately rescued

Three novice hikers from Roseville, California, were rescued from Mount Shasta after an attempted summit climb that they had planned with substantial help from Google's Gemini AI turned into a dangerous overnight ordeal. The three men expected their ascent to take about eight hours and carried food and water based…

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Pyrograzing turns ordinary livestock into fire prevention heroes, so why isn’t it used on public lands more often?

In grasslands across the American West, four-legged fire prevention crews are busy at work, helping keep wildfire risk under control. These cattle, goats and sheep stomp down tall grasses as they munch their way through plants that could otherwise burn, lowering the risk of catastrophic fires in the process.

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Kudzu was brought to America as a garden plant; scientists now warn its tangled vines can become wildfire fuel

Kudzu arrived in the United States as an ornamental vine more than a century ago, first displayed at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876 before being promoted for shade, livestock forage and erosion control. What began as a useful garden and agricultural plant eventually spread far beyond where it was…

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Trump Forest Service official faces inquiry over diverting firefighting resources near own property

The Trump administration is facing calls for an investigation into allegations that a senior US Forest Service official sought additional firefighting resources for a blaze near his private ranch in Idaho, according to a report by The Guardian.

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The Travel Management Revision Isn't About Off-Road Recreation. It's About Dividing The Outdoor Community

The US Forest Service has moved forward with revising the country's Travel Management Rule, which establishes how new off-road trails are built, who can use them, when they can use them, and more under the guise of increasing 'off-road recreation.' That's not the case.

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Republicans reportedly fear datacenter backlash could cost them Ohio Senate seat – as it happened

Jon Husted campaign reportedly concerned that rival Sherrod Brown successfully channelling outrage over energy-guzzling facilities

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Hawaii’s 34,000 acres of managed eucalyptus plantations could become a local source of lumber for homes and infrastructure

Hawaii's heavy reliance on imported building lumber may soon change, thanks to promising research into local eucalyptus. Scientists are evaluating the strength and durability of this homegrown resource to establish engineering design values necessary for structural uses. By successfully validating these traits, this initiative aims to lessen dependence on foreign…

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In 1890, Eugene Schieffelin released European starlings in Central Park; within 69 years, their descendants had reached the Pacific

Eugene Schieffelin released European starlings in Central Park in 1890. These birds spread across the continent within sixty-nine years. Starlings are adaptable and not picky eaters, which aided their rapid proliferation. This successful introduction now causes eight hundred million dollars in annual agricultural damage. The starling's story serves as a…

The Economic Times

In the 1930s, America planted 220 million trees across Dust Bowl farmland; decades later, thousands of km of shelterbelts still protected farms and wildlife

The Dust Bowl prompted a large government tree-planting program across the Great Plains. This initiative created extensive shelterbelts to protect farmland from wind erosion and drought. These tree rows, planted decades ago, continue to shield farms and support biodiversity. While many shelterbelts remain, some have been removed or degraded over…

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Forest Service employees headed out for field work. They were zip-tied and held hostage for 15 hours

The workers were targeted because of their affiliation with the federal government, a local sheriff said

The Independent UK

US Forest Service workers abducted at gunpoint in California forest, rescued after 15 hours

Two US Forest Service employees who were conducting routine fieldwork in California's remote Shasta-Trinity National Forest were rescued early Friday after being held hostage for more than 15 hours, CNN reported, citing US authorities.

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Kidnapped US Forest Service employees released after more than 12 hours, say authorities

Two men arrested after taking federal employees hostage in Shasta-Trinity national forest

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Suspect caught living for 8 years among a half-ton of trash in Arizona national forest, feds say

First in The Independent: Mark Aaron Gatz, 65, is facing prison time in what one U.S. Forest Service officer described as ‘possibly one of the worst residential cases he has seen’

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Novice climber rescued after surviving 1,500ft fall down California mountain

The woman, 31, suffered some injuries but was found alert and in good spirits on Mount Shasta, officials said

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Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife, water and peace in the last quiet places in America

Pause for a moment and listen. What do you hear? Chances are, somewhere in the background, is the ever-present hum of a road.

The Independent UK

California cyclist crashes into black bear during ride: ‘As surprised as I was’

Cyclist says that he did not see the bear until it was ‘literally five feet’ in front of him

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Double vision: Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan faces a challenge from a familiar-sounding rival – Dan Sullivan

The National Republican Senatorial Committee accused Democrats of planting a candidate with the same name to throw off voters

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US Forest Service to move headquarters from Washington DC to Salt Lake City

Announcement part of controversial shakeup described by critics as administration attack on ‘science and scientists’

The Independent UK

Groups take opposite stands on Green Mountain National Forest logging in Vermont

The owner of a Vermont silent retreat says U.S. Forest Service logging next door has shattered the quiet and led her to relocate

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Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won't solve America's wildfire problem

In other words, more fire is coming, more often.

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Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t solve America’s wildfire problem

The western United States is facing another destructive wildfire season, with more acres burned in Colorado alone in 2025 than in the past four years combined. If global warming continues on its current trajectory, the amount of forest area burned each year could double or even triple by midcentury.

The Guardian - US

Fire in the hole: the Indigenous crews blasting the Alaskan rainforest to save it

After a historic land buyback by the US Forest Service, Tlingit crew members are demolishing culverts to restore streams, salmon runs and cultural history deep in the Tongass national forest

The Independent UK

Massive central California wildfire threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured

More than 800 structures are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central California

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