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Wildfire consumes sagebrush as firefighters ...

Efforts failing to save U.S. West sagebrush land, officials say

May 24, 2018 at 4:23 p.m.

Officials say they're losing the battle against a devastating combination of invasive plant species and wildfires in the vast sagebrush habitats in the U.S. West that support cattle ranching and...

Idaho moves ahead with possible grizzly bear hunting season

March 22, 2018 at 9:49 p.m.

Idaho officials have started the process of opening a grizzly bear hunting season this fall that would allow the killing of one male grizzly.

Wash. Federal officials have launched ...

U.S. launches ambitious plan to battle rangeland wildfires

December 23, 2017 at 8:49 p.m.

Federal officials have launched a two-pronged plan to stop a vicious cycle of rangeland wildfires in a wide swath of sagebrush country in the West that supports cattle ranching, recreation...

SuperTanker wins protest, may fight more U.S. wildfires from Colorado Springs base

November 9, 2017 at 4:10 p.m.

Grounded because it carried too many gallons of firefighting liquid, Global SuperTanker looks to be back in business.

Forest Service, Idaho work to boost logging on federal land

September 22, 2017 at 9:57 p.m.

The U.S. Forest Service and Idaho have forged 10 agreements for logging and restoration projects on federal land in what officials say could become a template for other Western states...

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Wildfire smoke clearing in U.S. West as storms move through

September 10, 2017 at 12:17 a.m.

Storms brought cooler and wetter weather into the Western and Northwestern U.S. this weekend, breaking up a temperature inversion that had blanketed much of the region with acrid smoke from...

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2017 wildfire season in U.S. West far worse than expected

September 7, 2017 at 9:55 p.m.

A wet winter and spring in the Western U.S. brought predictions that the 2017 wildfire season would be mild. It was anything but. It ended up one of the worst...

Headaches and raspy voices as wildfire smoke chokes U.S. West

September 1, 2017 at 11:00 p.m.

The smoke from massive wildfires hangs like fog over large parts of the U.S. West, an irritating haze causing health concerns, forcing sports teams to change schedules and disrupting life...

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Seniors snap up U.S. national park passes before price hike

August 2, 2017 at 11:49 p.m.

Seniors are snapping up so many lifetime passes good for U.S. national parks and other recreation areas ahead of a steep price increase later this month that some government agencies...

Debate rages over use of jumbo bomber as wildfires rage in West

July 15, 2017 at 2:04 p.m.

A giant aircraft that can fly high above oceans on intercontinental flights instead jets in low and slow over a flaming forest, trailing a long plume that settles on the...

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