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Burn ban issued for all North Carolina counties due to hazardous forest fire conditions

Island Free Press 21 Mar 2025
Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning and has canceled all burning permits statewide effective 8 a.m ... Forest Service in enforcing the burn ban ... Forest Service will continue to monitor conditions.
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South Florida fire scorches 24K acres, blanketing region in smoke and disrupting traffic

Usatoday 21 Mar 2025
local time on Thursday, the fire has charred about 24,000 acres and was 30% contained, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service said in a released statement ... Forest Service.
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Wildfire in U.S. Texas spreading over 2,300 acres

People Daily 21 Mar 2025
Currently only 20 percent has been contained since the fire broke out on Wednesday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service ... burn on private property, said the service at a news conference.
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Texas Wildfire Prompts Evacuations as Arkansas and Florida Also Battle Blazes

The Epoch Times 21 Mar 2025
... firefighters used water-carrying helicopters to douse hot spots and bulldozers to dig containment lines, the Texas A&M Forest Service said.
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‘It will not be survivable’: Lake Tahoe could be a deathtrap during major wildfires

San Gabriel Valley Tribune 21 Mar 2025
Forest Service map lay out the hazards of the Tahoe basin in blazing color codes ... Forest Service crews are eliminating the low branches and understory that act like ladders carrying flames into the tops of trees, spawning dangerous crown fires.
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Texas wildfire prompts evacuations while Arkansas and Florida also battle blazes

Penn Live 21 Mar 2025
Investigators believed the fire was started Wednesday by what was supposed to be a controlled burn on private property, said Josh Mizrany, assistant chief law enforcement officer with the Texas A&M Forest Service.
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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 21

China.dot.org 21 Mar 2025
Currently only 20 percent has been contained since the fire broke out on Wednesday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
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Nearly half of landslides during B.C. disaster linked to logging, wildfire: study

Moosejaw Today 21 Mar 2025
Representatives of B.C.'s Forest Ministry and Transportation Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the study's findings ... The study also looked at more than 35,000 kilometres of forest service roads.
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BC Wildfire Service receives record-breaking number of applications

North Shore News 21 Mar 2025
The BC Wildfire Service has received ... “The heart of our wildfire efforts is hands down the brave members of the BC Wildfire Service," said Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar in a press release.
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Tualatin-based firm acquires land surveying company

DJC Oregon 21 Mar 2025
The regional engineering company also provides civil engineering, water resources, land use planning, natural resources, landscape architecture, arborist, forestry/forest engineering and construction support services.
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Statewide burn ban in effect Friday morning due to fire conditions

Reflector 21 Mar 2025
RALEIGH – Due to increased fire risk, the N.C. Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning and has canceled all burning permits statewide effective 8 a.m. Friday, March 21, until further notice ... .
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Drought, Florida fire danger continues as Red Flag warnings, fire weather watch in effect

The Ledger 21 Mar 2025
Firefighters with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the Florida Forest Service continued Thursday to battle a brush fire in south Miami-Dade County ... Thursday, according to the Florida Forest Service.
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DOGE cuts are screwing up summer travel plans already

Business Insider 21 Mar 2025
The Trump administration slashed thousands of jobs at the agencies that manage public lands, like the National Park Service and the US Forest Service.
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Heinrich Demands USDA Secretary Reverse the Trump-Musk Terminations of Forest Service Workers Responsible for Protecting Our Communities from Wildfires (Martin Heinrich)

Public Technologies 21 Mar 2025
Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz demanding that USDA reverse its terminations of Forest Service workers responsible for protecting our communities from wildfires ... Forest Service employees who hold Incident Qualifications Cards (Red Cards).
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