Jun 16, 2017 | News, News/PR
The 2009 Highway 31 wildfire in Horry County, marked as the most destructive in the state’s history, scorched 20,000 acres of land and destroyed 100 homes in the county. It was accidentally started by a man burning household garbage outside his home. While some...
Sep 28, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Alabama Forestry Commission’s budget has been cut more than half since 2011, including a 19.6 percent cut this year. Alabama State Forester Greg Pate said the commission couldn’t handle any cuts, especially one so drastic. Pate said the cut will cause...
Feb 11, 2015 | News, News/PR
With years of experience under his belt, Bill Rivers looked to the rising smoke coming off the burning undergrowth at a longleaf pine forest in St. Tammany Parish and wasn’t pleased. “It wobbled,” he said, referring to the winds on Jan. 30 that seemed to take the...
Sep 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
Forest management is a necessity for wildfire protection and habitat conservation, says A.J. Brigance, the new Poteau/Cold Springs District Ranger of the Ouachita National Forest in Scott and Logan counties. Having grown up on a dairy farm in the Tate community near...
Jan 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Camp Lejeune Environmental Management Division has started lighting prescribed burns on forestry parts of the base and plans to do so for the next eight months. The controlled burning is a tool used by forest managers both on- and off-base to help maintain open,...