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CBS Denver
April 17, 2018
ASPEN, Colo. (CBS4) – The U.S. Forest Service is making changes to overnight camping in part of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness in hopes that a popular natural hot springs area won't get “loved to death.” photo12 Want To Visit Conundrum Hot Springs? Youll Need A Permit. Conundrum HotÃâà...
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
April 17, 2018
A wildfire burning near Sedalia has closed Highway 67 at Rampart Range Road, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The fire is burning west of Pine Creek Rd. and east of Rainbow Creek Rd. Highway 67 is closed southwest of Sedalia. As of 1:30 p.m, the US Forest Service has takenÃâà...
Summit Daily News
April 14, 2018
Ski industry. Forest Service approves Copper upgrades. The Forest Service has decided to allow upgrades to lifts at Copper Mountain Resort to go forward. Copper will upgrade the American Eagle and American Flyer chairlifts as well as improve the existing Tucker Lift. In a press release, the Forest ServiceÃâà...
WNYT
April 9, 2018
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service says between 200 and 600 acres in the Green Mountain National Forest are going to be burned with prescribed fires as part of a project designed to improve wildlife habitat. The fires, in only a small portion of the 400,000-acre national forest, will reduce heavyÃâà...
PRI
April 7, 2018
Harassment, rape and retaliation: What one woman endured within the US Forest Service ... The #MeToo movement has brought to light the widespread incidence of sexual misconduct in many arenas of women's lives — and it's spread to the US Forest Service, whose chief, Tony Tooke recently resignedÃâà...
Reno Gazette Journal
April 4, 2018
If you see smoke outside, don't panic. It's from a prescribed burned near the El Dorado National Forest. About 1,350 acres will undergo a prescribed burning this week ahead of the incoming storm, according to the U.S. Forest Service in Placerville, Calif. The area is located south of California 88, betweenÃâà...
Asheville Citizen-Times
April 2, 2018
FRANKLIN - The U.S. Forest Service planned a 280-acre prescribed burn near the Cowee community of Macon County on Monday in the Nantahala National Forest. The public should be aware of the potential for smoke in the area along with firefighter traffic. Smoke may be visible from Franklin. "Safety forÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 31, 2018
A Senate oversight committee has begun probing allegations of a decade-long practice of sexual harassment at the U.S. Forest Service, focusing on alleged misdeeds by the former chief of the agency. In a letter to Forest Service interim head Vicki Christiansen, the Senate Homeland Security andÃâà...
Kozi Radio
March 30, 2018
Wenatchee, WA-The U.S. Forest Service will be accepting applications for a number of spring and summer temporary jobs located at ranger districts in Cle Elum, Naches, Winthop and Tonasket, and other forest service offices in East Wenatchee and Moses Lake, Washington. Positions are available inÃâà...
KIMA CBS 29
March 29, 2018
If you are looking for a job, the US Forest Service is accepting applications for a number of spring and summer temporary positions. According to the U.S Forest Service, they are looking for applicants wanting to work in forest trails, campgrounds, woods or fire management. There are positions available at ranger districts inÃâà...
LEX18 Lexington KY News
March 28, 2018
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky (LEX 18) Now that the weather is starting to warm up, Laurel County rangers with the US Forest Service are investigating several illegal dumping sites found in the Daniel Boone National Forest. "It's a forest that's supposed to be protected, and it's not from people who want to dumpÃâà...
Kozi Radio
March 23, 2018
[3/23/18] US Forest Service Looking To Stay One Step Ahead Of Upcoming Wildfire Season With Mission Restoration Project. Posted in Local Government & Meetings, Recreation, WildfireTagged mission restoration project, United States Forest Service, usfs. Audio Player.
The Spokesman-Review
March 9, 2018
Vicki Christiansen is shown in this 2012 photo when Christiansen served as interim regional forester for Region 1, based in Missoula. Christiansen was named interim replacement chief of the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday, March 8, 2018, after Chief Tony Tooke's resignation on Wednesday evening,Ãâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 7, 2018
The chief of the U.S. Forest Service is stepping down amid allegations of sexual misconduct and an investigation commissioned by the United States Department of Agriculture into his own behavior. Tony Tooke, who became chief in September after nearly four decades with the agency, wrote in an email toÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 2, 2018
The U.S. Forest Service has confirmed that the United States Department of Agriculture, its parent agency, has “engaged an independent investigator” to look into complaints against Chief Tony Tooke. News of this investigation comes as the Forest Service is dealing with allegations of a broader culture ofÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 1, 2018
Women in the U.S. Forest Service aren't just fighting fires; some are fighting sexual misconduct in the most remote parts of the country. In an exclusive PBS NewsHour investigation, 34 women in 13 states told their stories of rape, harassment, gender discrimination and the retaliation that followed after theyÃâà...
Tucson News Now
December 31, 1999
According to a recent news release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service, crews are expected to conduct the Gardner Prescribed Fire as early as Monday, April 9. The burn area consists of National Forest System lands in the southeastern portion of the Santa Rita Mountains betweenÃâà...
Silver City Sun-News
December 31, 1999
SILVER CITY — The U.S. Forest Service has released information about different things happening around the Wilderness and also talked about the increase of abandoned campfires on the Gila National Forest. Public Information officer Marta Call stated that the Reserve Ranger District wanted to remindÃâà...
OCRegister
December 31, 1999
Warning: This column may sound like a bit of a whopper. In an effort to return Holy Jim Canyon to its natural state and bring back trout — yes, trout — federal wildlife officials with the help of actual U.S. Marines plan to blow up 25 small dams. No joke. Later this month, detonating caps, military gradeÃâà...
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