Long Island brush fire is 100% knocked down, but flare-ups are still a concern, officials say
The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island​ is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers ...
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NYC’s Inwood Hill Park Looks Ahead After a Fall Fire Season
A lack of rain and dry conditions made historic Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan’s last natural forest, a tinderbox.
Westhampton brush fire knocked down, as Suffolk police arson probe gets underway
The Westhampton brush fire that burned 400 acres of dry woodland forest and sparked a massive statewide response in eastern ...
Lake Tahoe Basin recreation staff to be cut by 33%, New York Times reports
Firings, dismissals and budget freezes could close nearly 4,000 campsites in California's 18 national forests this summer, the New York Times reports.
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Westhampton Fire 100 Percent Knocked Down, 22 Percent Contained, County Fire Official Says
Approximately 90 fire and emergency services agencies converged on Westhampton to battle brush fires that culminated in a massive wildfire.
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Rangers respond to airplane, snowmobile crashes
Forest Rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to two incidents involving snowmobiles in ...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another ...
Two Connecticut brush fires reported on Saturday during elevated risk, officials say
A state agency reported there were two brush fires discovered in Connecticut on Saturday, one in East Hampton and another in ...
Trump Administration Told to Reinstate Nearly 6,000 Agriculture Dept. Workers
The fired employees were on probationary status, swept up in the administration’s push to rapidly reduce the size of the ...
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The Carolinas Engulfed in Wildfires, Ordering Evacuations as Thousands of Acres Scorched
South Carolina fighting 175 blazes as state of emergency is declared. Nearly 200 wildfires have ignited across the Carolinas, ...
With climate change threats on the rise, are there now more wildfires on the East Coast?
The impact of human-caused climate change has resulted in weather conditions ripe for wildfires across the U.S.
Fired federal workers and Medicaid recipients: Congress’s invite list for Trump’s address
It’s a long-standing tradition for lawmakers to invite guests to a president’s address to Congress to send a message.