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Forest Service gets bigger, faster air tankers to fight wildfires

Last updated Monday, May 6, 2013 - 4:43pm

GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The U.S. Forest Service is gearing up for a tough wildfire season by adding to its large air tanker fleet seven planes that fly faster and will drop a bigger payload of fire retardant than in the past.

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A U.S. Forest Service firefighter, bottom left, turns to get out as flames roar up a mountainside in the early stages of a brush fire that started in the foothills of Monrovia, Calif. Saturday, April 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)

Forest Service gets new wildfire tool in time for season

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Last updated Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 11:02am

With much of the West mired in drought conditions heading into the summer, the U.S. Forest Service is preparing for what could be another damaging wildfire season. This year, firefighters will be armed with an updated tool to help them battle fires with the precision of special forces on the battlefield. The instrument, known as the “ Autonomous Modular Sensor,” or AMS, can help the Forest Service detect wildfires and conduct post-burn assessments.

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Some Farmington Canyon roads open

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 10:23pm

FARMINGTON — A couple of roadways leading up Farmington Canyon have been opened, after being closed for almost two years.

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Utah prepares for busy wildfire season

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 11, 2013 - 9:31am

SALT LAKE CITY -- The mountains still may be covered in snow, but officials already are preparing for another busy wildfire season in Utah amid growing concern over the cost to battle them.

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Utah congressmen seek transfer of forest service land to Fruit Heights for cemetery

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 12:02am

FRUIT HEIGHTS — Deep in the 100-acre woods is where Fruit Heights residents may lie — permanently.

Utah’s congressional representatives have introduced legislation that would transfer 100 acres of U.S. Forest Service land on the Davis County bench to Fruit Heights for use as a cemetery.

Fruit Heights currently has an agreement with neighboring Kaysville for burials, but because of the area’s significant population growth, the city has been notified its residents soon will no longer be able to be buried in the Kaysville cemetery.

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FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, June 9, 2012, smoke billows from the Little Bear fire in southeastern New Mexico near Ruidoso, NM. When lightning sparks a wildfire deep in remote wilderness, U.S. Forest Service firefighters in recent years have been under orders to respond immediately, often trekking miles through steep, dense terrain with heavy gear to extinguish the blaze as quickly as possible. The agency’s policy to kill all fires, no matter how small or remote, was meant to decrease the threat of a spreading catastrophe in an increasingly parched, drought-stricken Western landscape. But in 2012 the forest service spent hundreds of millions over its budget, leading to a new approach to wildfire management in 2013. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Mark Wilson, File)

Forest Service may let more fires burn this summer

Jason Dearen The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 8, 2013 - 11:57am

SAN FRANCISCO -- After coming in $400 million over budget following last year's busy fire season, the Forest Service is altering its approach and may let more fires burn instead of attacking every one.

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Mountain pine beetle damage in Rocky Mountain National Park as of January 2012

Pine beetle tree-deaths declining

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 4:31pm

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — U.S. Forest Service officials say the number of trees being killed by pine beetle infestation is on the decline, in part because the insects have eaten themselves out of house and home.

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Target shooting limits bill heads to House

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 12:49am

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill giving state forestry officials the ability to limit or restrict target shooting during fire season in areas with a high potential for fire, has been approved by the Senate and now advances to the House.

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USFS rec planner going to Montana

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Last updated Monday, February 18, 2013 - 11:11pm

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A U.S. Forest Service recreation planner last stationed in Ogden will be the new manager for the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument.

Michael Kania will replace Gary Slagel, who retired in June. Slagel had been the manager of the north-central Montana monument since it was created in 2001.

Kania was the recreation planner for the Forest Service’s Intermountain Region headquartered in Ogden. Before that, he was a district ranger in Alaska and a staff officer on the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

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Ogden ranger to manage Montana monument

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 18, 2013 - 3:17pm

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — The Bureau of Land Management has tapped a U.S. Forest Service recreation planner in Utah to be the new manager for the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument.

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Renee Flanagan is the new Ogden District Ranger. (CHARLES TRENTELMAN/Standard-Examiner) photo taken Monday, November 5, 2012

Ogden Ranger District has new ranger

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 12, 2012 - 11:55pm

OGDEN — The Ogden Ranger District has a new district ranger after nearly nine months of vacancy.

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People wait in line to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. The Supreme Court is embarking on a new term that could be as consequential as the last one with the prospect for major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

High court rejects challenge to roadless rule

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 1, 2012 - 1:04pm

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal challenging a federal rule that bars development on 50 million acres of roadless areas in national forests.

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Rheva Gibson Smart

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, June 18, 2012 - 11:18pm

Rheva Gibson Smart, 94, of Ogden, died Thursday, June 14, 2012. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 21, at Leavitt’s Mortuary, 836 36th St. Friends and family may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, and from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Thursday, June 21, before services. Interment will be at the West Weber Cemetery. Post condolences at www.leavittsmortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Firefighters battle a blaze in the hills above 900 North on Ogden on Thursday.

Firefighters extinguish fire burning above Ogden

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, June 8, 2012 - 5:31am

OGDEN — A fire burned up at least 10 acres of the mountainside above 900 North on Thursday afternoon.

About 40 firefighters battled the blaze in Jump Off Canyon that produced considerable smoke, visible for several miles.

Ogden Fire Battalion Chief Hal Van Meeteren said Ogden and Weber fire districts had equipment and firefighters at the scene, with additional firefighters from the Utah Division of Forestry.

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Farmington warns residents about high fire danger

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, June 4, 2012 - 7:22pm

FARMINGTON — As Independence Day and Pioneer Day near, the Farmington Fire Department is taking a proactive approach to keeping the city and its residents safe during fireworks season.

Fire Chief Guido Smith said that because 2012 has been very dry and temperatures in recent weeks have been hotter than normal, fire safety this year is extremely important.

As part of its safety action, the city council recently approved a new fireworks restriction area in the city. Fireworks are restricted in Farmington in areas east of North Compton Road, 100 East, 200 East and 350 East, as well as in Woodland Park.

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