Judge Says Fire Retardant Polluting Streams but Allows Use to Continue May 30, 2023 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding...
Pollution Lawsuit Could Curb Use of Aerial Fire Retardant April 24, 2023 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to...
US Testing New Fire Retardant, Critics Push Other Methods July 5, 2022 By Keith Ridler BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials are testing a new wildfire retardant after two decades of buying millions of gallons...
Hundreds of Lightning Bolts Hit Dry Oregon, Start New Fires August 4, 2021 By Andrew Selsky SALEM, Ore. (AP) _ Lightning bolts struck the parched forests of southern Oregon hundreds of times in 24 hours, igniting...
Largest Firefighting Plane May Be Sold for Covid-19 Response April 29, 2021 By Patty Nieberg DENVER (AP) — As Western states prepare for this year’s wildfire season, the world’s largest firefighting plane has been grounded...
Small Sparks Can Lead to Big Wildfires October 12, 2017 By PAUL ELIAS A carelessly discarded cigarette, a downed power line, a car’s backfire or a chainsaw’s pull. Just about anything could have...
Record Amount of Retardant Used in Northern California Wildfire September 22, 2014 By RAQUEL MARIA DILLION and GILLIAN FLACCUS Firefighters are dropping record-breaking amounts of retardants on a massive Northern California wildfire that is burning explosively because of the...
Forest Services Expands Firefighting Tanker Fleet May 22, 2014 The U.S. Forest Service says it is adding four aircraft to its firefighting fleet as California recovers from a spate...
Wyoming Air National Guard Practices Aerial Firefighting February 9, 2012 The Wyoming Air National Guard is practicing fighting wildfires from the sky. Guard members plan to conduct training flights at...