national forest service

The National Multi-Agency Coordination Group in Boise raised the national wildland fire preparedness level one step higher to Preparedness Level 3.

The USDA is making funding available for businesses and organizations to remove hazardous wildfire fuels from national forests.  The program will pay groups to transport the material to be turned into wood products or services.  Hazardous fuels are typically woody material with little commercial value, but can become useful as other products, although, transportation costs are often prohibitive.  

Commissioner Shon Smith says rates have skyrocketed in recent years because of fire risk, despite efforts to mitigate the danger

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The Agreement lets the county perform forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services on and adjacent to National Forest System lands.

The Chelan County Board of Commissioners will be in attendance at a meeting in North Bend tomorrow (May 9) regarding the reintroduction of grizzly bears to the North Cascades. The event is being spearheaded by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, which supports the delisting and conservation of grizzly bear populations and habitats in the western United States...

The east side clearing crew reached the summit of Washington Pass this week and is heading into the home stretch of its work.