Wildfire

Forest Service transforms how it will use, manage fires in Southwest Colorado

to launch new plan for 80,000 acres from Vallecito to Piedra River

Montrose mill eyes San Juan Forest for timber

would thin crowded Ponderosa stands at risk for wildfire, beetles

Drought-like conditions heighten wildfire danger across Southwest Colorado

Durango Fire has responded to more than 20 brush fires since November

Photos: Fire danger remains high this winter

Children playing with lighter started wildfire in Durango West I subdivision

burned 3 acres near homes on Dec. 29

2017: A year about land use, health and play in Dolores

Stories of the year in Dolores centered on land use, health and a playground

Firefighters contain wildfire in Durango West I subdivision

Homeowner says pre-stationed tanker truck helped prevent worse fire

Proper fire funding continues to elude Congress

what’s the holdup?

Congress considers land for West Fork fire station

Federal land conveyance needed for new station at Fish Creek

Firefighters wary despite gains against California fire

expected to increase

Seasons to donate to Napa/Sonoma fires fund

Donations go to victims of Northern California blazes

New evacuations as huge Southern California fire flares up

Crews with help from water-dropping aircraft saved several homes as unpredictable gusts sent the blaze churning deeper into foothill areas…

Largest wildfire eyes communities northwest of Los Angeles

evacuations ordered

Target shooting caused 60-acre fire near Electra Lake

Durango man unaware ammunition was incendiary

Electra Lake Fire expected to remain stable

of fire could be announced Monday

Wildfire near Electra Lake grows to 60 acres

of blaze is under investigation

Firefighters battling wildfire north of Durango

grows to about 40 acres in grassy field

Fixing Colorado’s forests with the help of ‘citizen science’

Twelve years later, nearly every stand of lodgepole pines has been affected, and they stand in gray, dead clusters, creating…

Sheriff: Wildfires point to usefulness of old technology

Failures of modern technology can cost “all connectivity to the world,” Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said at a news…

Durango soon to see smoke from Arizona

JERRY McBride/Durango Herald Area dispatch centers ask the public to refrain from reporting a fire. No local fires currently exist…

Jumbo air tanker wins protest, may fight more U.S. wildfires

A Boeing 747 making a demonstration water drop at Colorado Springs Airport in Colorado Springs. The giant passenger jet converted…

California fire victims seek housing in tight, pricey market

Lucia Cascio, top left, talks with her husband Raj Sodhi as their daughter Cascio, bottom in yellow, and son Jaco,…

House OKs bill to speed logging to combat wildfires

Cindy Yamanaka/The Orange County Register, file via AP <br><br>A wildfire moves closer to North Tustin homes near a freeway in…

California wildfire insurance claims top $3.3 billion

The figure represents claims for homes and businesses insured by 15 companies and is more than triple the previous estimate…