arizona department forestry and fire management
Posted May 10, 2022, 6:42 am
Fiona L.Q. Flaherty
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A 20-plus year drought – coupled with decades of fire-suppression policies and relentlessly rising temperatures – are behind much of the change in Arizona's forests, calling into question how forest health can be restored.... Read more»
Posted Jul 7, 2021, 11:06 am
Rachel Johnson
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A recent tour of Catalina State Park and Mount Lemmon reveals sprigs of new growth peeking through the forest floor a year after the Bighorn Fire. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 25, 2021, 9:08 pm
Rylee Walter
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After one of the driest monsoon season on record last year, Arizona already has seen a few fires this year and experts say the state is likely to experience another major year for wildfires.... Read more»
Posted Nov 12, 2020, 2:50 pm
Claire Chandler
/Cronkite News
The acreage torched by wildfires in Arizona was up sharply this year, but fire officials said it was still not a particularly bad season in terms of lives lost and structures burned in the blazes.... Read more»