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Texas A&M Forest Service Grant Funds Available For Prescribed Burning
Some Texas landowners may be eligible for funding to help with prescribed burning costs on private lands. Now through Sept. 28, 2018, Texas A&M Forest Service is accepting grant applications to cover prescribed fire costs for private landowners that use...
Arkansas Forests Are Growing Faster Than They Are Removed
According to the 2017 Forest Inventory and Analysis report, Arkansas's forests continue to thrive with forested acreage remaining steady at 19 million acres, 56 percent of the state's total land area. Data for the report is collected through the Forest Inventory and...
Texas On Pace For Worst Wildfire Year Since 2011
Last week, nearly 100 firefighters from across Texas loaded up and headed west to join thousands of colleagues in an extended battle against massive wildfires burning across Northern California, one of which has become the largest in that state’s history. While the...
Nearly 100 Texas Firefighters Heading To California To Help With Wildfires
A large group of firefighters from 20 different Texas counties are heading to California to help battle the wildfires. ABC7 reported that around 98 firefighters are being deployed from 29 different fire departments around the state in an activation of the Texas...
Smokey Bear Celebrates Birthday At North Carolina’s Cradle Of Forestry
“Only you can prevent forest fires.” It’s a message that’s continued and persevered for more than 70 years, and the message, along with its voice, was celebrated Saturday at the Cradle of Forestry National Park. Smokey Bear, the beloved fire-prevention bear, was given...
Florida Forest Service Sending More Help To Fight California Wildfires
As thousands more people in Northern California fled their homes as wildfires surge, Florida is sending more firefighters to help battle raging wildfires in California. As of Wednesday, the Florida Forest Service had sent 75 firefighters to California, as well as...
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