At approximately 10 a.m. on Monday, April 18, Prescott National Forest crews responded to a reported wildfire south of Prescott near Mount Union. The Crooks Fire is now burning 600 acres and sending smoke northeast into the Verde Valley.
Neither...
On Thursday, April 1, Todd Willard, district ranger for the Verde Ranger District of Prescott National Forest, convened a meeting with local bowhunters and members of the Verde Valley Cyclists Coalition at the Blowout Wash Trailhead at the base...
The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity said it plans to sue the U.S. Forest Service in the coming weeks for not doing enough to keep errant livestock out of the streamside cottonwood-willow forests of the Verde River watershed.
The riparian...
If you’ve been noticing a lot of scorched patches along the highways this year, it’s not just your imagination: It’s been an unusually bad year for roadside fire.
Brian Steinhardt, zone fire management officer for Coconino and Prescott National Forests,...
Several illegal outfitter guides in the Sedona area of the Red Rock Ranger District have recently been convicted, banned from national forests and fined for illegally operating commercial businesses and offering paid tours without authorization or a special use...
USFS, fire agencies, municipalities impose restrictions to reduce wildfire risk
Local fire agencies and municipalities and the U.S. Forest Service...
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