PAYSON, AZ — Interagency collaboration is vital in environmental conservation efforts, and the partnership between Salt River Project, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, the ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — By some measures, aspens are the largest organisms in the world, as entire groves spanning thousands of trees can be interconnected through elaborate root systems. The trees, which ...

Federal prosecutors said Friday that 49-year-old Stacy A. Postel remains in custody pending trial. U.S. Forest Service police arrested Postel on May 22 after a four-acre wildfire was extinguished on ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ — The electric blue sky frames a stand of ponderosa pines – their ramrod trunks picket the forest floor as sunlight floods the ground. A breeze tickles the green needles, mingling dust ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service has completed an environmental review that paves the way for large-scale thinning projects and prescribed burns along a prominent line of ponderosa ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - It's shaping up to be another wicked wildfire season. These fires don't only devastate plants and animals, they can also damage homes, buildings, and even threaten the Valley's ...

PAYSON — When lightning ignited chaparral and ponderosa pine litter to form the West Fire one night in late August, U.S. Forest Service fire managers knew they had some room to let it run. Flames ...

The U.S Forest Service announced the cancellation of the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI), prompting criticism from Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and U.S. Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema.

Petrified Forest National Park is a hidden gem in the Arizona desert. It’s famous for its colorful petrified wood, stunning badlands, and rich history. Visitors can explore ancient fossils, Native ...

It’s hard to believe that what we now call the Dude Fire burn scar once was a ponderosa pine forest. Thousands of acres at the edge of the Mogollon Rim northeast of Payson were decimated in the deadly ...

BELLEMONT — The latest setback in Arizona’s lumbering forest restoration campaign has spurred some environmental advocates to press for greater use of fire to burn off trees that loggers aren’t ...

Fifteen years ago a coalition of stakeholders, including some former adversaries, came together to fundamentally rethink how we manage ponderosa pine forests in Arizona. The previous century had seen ...