DNR recruiting new firefighters New online application process for summertime employment OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is recruiting for forest firefighter crew members and engine leaders/squad boss positions for the 2012 summer season. Being a member of a handcrew or wildland fire engine crew is an excellent opportunity for motivated […]
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FOREST SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS EXPANSION OF RESTORATION OF NATIONAL FORESTS AND FUNDING FOR COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROJECTS http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2012/02/0039.xml WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2012 —Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new report, Increasing the Pace of Restoration and Job Creation on our National Forests, that outlines a strategy and series of actions for management on 193
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In 2003 The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg was published. The book is a somber, detailed analysis of the central role that fossil fuels have played and continue to play in just about every aspect of our lives—and what happens to us when they peak. Heinberg, a
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Snoqualmie Corridor planning meeting! State DNR to kick off recreation planning for the Snoqualmie corridor Public invited to help create a vision for recreation on state lands in eastern King County OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is planning for the future of recreation on 53,000 acres of state trust lands,
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OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that effective 12:01 a.m., September 8, Stevens County Fire Districts 1 & 2, Lincoln, and Spokane counties will increase the fire danger rating to ‘very high.’ In Pend Oreille County, the fire danger rating will increase to ‘high’. DNR reminds everyone that there
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Spokane residents learned in 2010 of a change coming to their water utility bills and many instantly assumed the worst: rate hikes from the city to balance a discouraging budget shortfall. In fact, the purpose of the changes in water rate structure implemented this year is revenue neutral—meaning there is no increase in the amount
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FOREST HEALTH PILOT PROJECT BEGINS TOMORROW Project Is Designed to Restore 13-Acres to pre-European Conditions at No Additional Cost to Spokane Taxpayers. City of Spokane Urban Forestry in collaboration with the Palisades neighborhood, Spokane County Conservation District and Washington Department of Natural Resources will soon begin a Forest Health restoration pilot project on approximately 13
As a kid growing up in Medical Lake, Washington, Shawn Graves wasn’t much different than his buddies. As a self-described “outdoors type person”, he used to love to to ski, snowmobile, hike and fish. Just about anything that would get him outside. “Now,” he says, “I can’t do anything like that alone for fear of
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Old-growth forest stands provide destinations for hiking and camping to better appreciation the grandeur of old, big trees.
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OTM wanted to get opinions on the proposed Mt. Spokane expansion, so we asked the former county commissioner John Roskelley if we could reprint a few emails he sent out detailing his position. We hope to publish a response from someone who supports the expansion. Please send us your comments on this important issue. Here
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