Flagstaff Fire Managers Plan Prescribed Burns Next Week
Open Audio Article Player Coconino National Forest Text from audio articles of speech made possible by CAST11 speaking glass media To reduce dangerous forest fuels and reduce the risk of wildfires in many Northern Arizona communities, up to four provisional burn projects are planned next week across the Coconino National Forest in the Flagstaff area […]
Publicly-Funded New York Weed Fund Managers Took Over $1 Million Despite So Far Whiffing On It’s Goal
Administrators of a New York state fund that raised public money to help “justice-involved individuals” start cannabis businesses say they have set aside more than $1 million for themselves as the fund struggles to meet its goals. The City newspaper on Thursday reported that he paid . Despite falling short of its goal of helping […]
North Kaibab and North Rim Grand Canyon Fire Managers Begin Fall Prescribed Fire Operations
Map showing extent of North Rim fires planned for fall 2024. News release date: October 4, 2024 contact: Joel Baird, Grand Canyon National Park contact: Matt Switzer, Kaibab National Forest Starting October 8, fire managers from the National Park Service and the USDA Forest Service will collaborate as the North Zone Interagency Fire Management Program […]
EXCLUSIVE: Asset Managers Leveraged Red State Pension Funds To Back ‘Racial Equity,’ Climate Agenda, Report Finds
A report by the conservative watchdog group American Accountability Foundation found that several asset managers used Idaho residents' pension funds to support racial and climate change agendas in 2022 and 2023. The Public Employees' Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI) used six asset management firms — Adelante Capital Management, AllianceBernstein, Brandes Investment Partners, Fiera Capital, Longview […]
News Flash • Maricopa County’s New Assistant County Managers
As one of the state's largest employers, Maricopa County is adding dynamic leadership to its executive team.Blanca Caballero has been promoted from director of Environmental Services to deputy county manager overseeing administrative and community services. Caballero began her career with Environmental Services in 2008, where she worked until 2013. After working for the Arizona Department […]
Wildlife managers to gather Arizona burros with population too high
PHOENIX — The Arizona Bureau of Land Management plans to remove up to 1,000 wild burros from the Black Mountain Herd Management Area west of Kingman starting Jan. 8. The Black Mountain herd has a population of about 1,925 individuals, more than three times the appropriate population size for the area, the agency said. The […]
Forest managers using lightning-caused wildfire near Flagstaff for ecological benefit
Fire managers across northern Arizona are taking advantage of the unusually wet spring conditions to use fire to improve forest health. They employ some of these methods at volunteer fires in the Coconino National Forest, west of Flagstaff. On Friday, the crew was tempering within the fire boundary on the south side of Garland Prairie. […]
Peoria ushers in 3 new deputy city managers | News
After a competitive nationwide recruitment process and over 100 applicants, the City of Peoria recently hired three Deputy City Managers. Travis Cutright, Mike Faust and Kevin Burke join the City Council to drive Peoria’s growth. City manager Henry Darwin said: “We are very lucky to have been selected from among the great candidates, but it […]
