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Alaska firefighting personnel assisting with Los Angeles fires
Jan. 9—Alaska personnel are assisting with the response to this week's deadly fires in Los Angeles that have destroyed thousands of buildings. The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection ...
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When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in
The season had ended in Alaska, and he was down in Montana parachuting on a fire in Kootenai National Forest. First-year rookies, selected from applicants who’ve typically had at least five ...
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Alaska rural fire departments receive funding boost to improve firefighting tools
Alaska rural fire departments have been awarded $306,292 in funding to improve firefighting capabilities. The grant will help ...
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Trump Administration Launches New Assault on Alaska’s Tongass Old-growth Forest
JUNEAU, Alaska— The Trump administration announced plans today for a massive timber sale that would destroy more than 5,100 acres of critical old-growth habitat in the Tongass National Forest in ...
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Peninsula fire departments receive grant funding
Nine fire departments on the Kenai Peninsula recently received grant funding to purchase tools and equipment to help fight ...
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Alaska Native Tribes, Businesses, Forest Advocates Intervene to Protect Tongass National Forest’s Roadless Rule
JUNEAU, Alaska (Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory)— A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups and other forest advocates are seeking to defend ...