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Forest Service aims for 20,000 acres of controlled burning annually Fire is needed to thin out dense forests spanning hundreds of thousands of acres across Southwest Colorado, fire officials say, to ...

CAMP ROBINSON, Ark.(KTHV)- Smoke and flames filled Camp Robinson on Wednesday. All in an effort to fight potential wildfires and show the public why this is so important. Bulldozers and drip torches ...

FORT McCOY, Wis. -- The Fort McCoy Natural Resources Branch and the Fire Department used a hand-held, gas-powered launcher to conduct a prescribed burn on a machine-gun range at Fort McCoy. Charles ...

At least three different devices have recently become available that launch or shoot ignition spheres from the ground, making it possible to remotely ignite prescribed fires or burn outs. For several ...