Advertise with Googlier.com Tonto | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Wed, 09 May 2018 09:52:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Tonto | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Trial by Fire: Thinning, burning part of effort to establish healthy Arizona forests https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/03/30/trial-by-fire-thinning-burning-part-of-effort-to-establish-healthy-arizona-forests/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/03/30/trial-by-fire-thinning-burning-part-of-effort-to-establish-healthy-arizona-forests/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:30:56 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=83882 Thirteen years ago 468,638 acres of Arizona’s northern forests turned to ash as a result of the Rodeo-Chediski fire, which was the largest and most destructive wildfire in Arizona history until 2011, when the Wallow fire scorched more than 500,000 acres in five weeks.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/03/30/trial-by-fire-thinning-burning-part-of-effort-to-establish-healthy-arizona-forests/feed/ 0 83882 4 national forests in Ariz. lift fire restrictions https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/07/17/4-national-forests-in-ariz-lift-fire-restrictions/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/07/17/4-national-forests-in-ariz-lift-fire-restrictions/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:13:14 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=61304 FLAGSTAFF ai??i?? Four national forests in Arizona are lifting fire restrictions due to a reduced risk of major wildfires.

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