Scientists oppose logging bills in Congress
By SCOTT SONNER RENO, Nev. (AP) — More than 200 biologists, ecologists and other scientists are urging Congress to defeat legislation they say would destroy critical wildlife habitat by setting…
Wildfires
HO– USE BACKS BILL TO BOOST LOGGING IN NAT’L FORESTS
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This March 18, 2011 file photo shows a Douglas fir tree on federal forest land outside Ruch, Ore. The blue paint marking a tree for…
2 DEAD AS FLASH FLOODING HITS PARTS OF COLO.
By P. SOLOMON BANDA and STEVEN K. PAULSON A city worker talks on his phone while surveying high water levels on Boulder Creek following overnight flash flooding in downtown Boulder,…
EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED AT YOSEMITE FIRE
In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, members of the Roosevelt Interagency Hotshot crew, from Fort Collins, Colo., gear up for a controlled burn operation as they fight…
SMOKE FROM SIERRA FIRE REACHES YOSEMITE VALLEY
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Dense smoke from a wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park on Saturday hampered both suppression efforts and the prized views…
CALIF. FIRE PROMPTS UNHEALTHY AIR WARNINGS IN NEV.
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and SCOTT SONNER The Rim Fire burns through trees near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Firefighters gained some ground Tuesday against the huge…
TOURISTS, RESIDENTS FLEE HUGE FIRE NEAR YOSEMITE
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park — one…
YOSEMITE-AREA WILDFIRE BALLOONS IN SIZE OVERNIGHT
By GOSIA WOZNIACKI U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., looks at the remains of a Lolo Creek home that was destroyed by the West Fork II fire when it swept down…