On June 18, 2002, the pine forest stretching roughly from Forest Lakes to Show Low along and below the Mogollon Rim looked like a lot of northern Arizona’s woods: clogged with spindly pines that ...

With sprawling pine forests and temperatures that never hit triple digits, people flock to the forests around Flagstaff.

Fires have already burned more than 38,000 acres in Arizona in 2025, more than double the amount burned by this time last ...

which was managed to help with forest health. “Nature was allowed to play its role (here),” Barton said. Taking steps: In high-risk Pine Lake, Arizona is investing millions to keep wildfires ...

According to a letter sent by a group of Senators and Representatives, 3,400 employees from the U.S. Forest Service are part of that layoff. Gov. Katie Hobbs joined other Arizona officials on ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Wildfires in Coconino County ... Coconino County is home to the largest ponderosa pine forest in the world. However, Smith said the trees that make up these forests ...

FLAGSTAFF — Dry pine needles and dead wood snapped ... It’s almost like clockwork.” Widespread forest closures in Arizona are rare. The 1.8 million-acre Coconino National Forest shut down ...

The project is a multiyear, multi-million dollar effort by the Arizona ... in Pine Lake. By clearing out shrubs and small trees that can fuel the spread of fires along the forest floor, the ...

Pine Lake, Arizona, a small town in northwestern Arizona ... in federal funding from the USDA toward the state’s prevention efforts. The U.S. Forest Service’s Community Wildfire Defense Grants provide ...