Features

  • Healing the Gila

    Damaged by the 2012 Whitewater-Baldy Fire, a diverse coalition of government agencies and non-profit organizations have united to restore Willow Creek to its former glory.

  • New Helibase on the Payson Ranger District

    Forest Service officials say the $4.9 million facility will play a major role in suppressing wildfires in Arizona and supporting the agency’s wildfire crisis strategy for reducing wildfire risk to communities and improving resilience of Arizona’s forests.

  • Water is Life: Two-Part Series

    In this two-part series, learn how centuries old traditions and a modern day wildfire crisis strategy improve water quality in the Carson National Forest's Enchanted Circle Landscape.

  • Cibola Air Tanker Base on Kirtland Air Force Base

    The Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands in collaboration with long-standing partner Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) has completed upgrades to the Albuquerque Air Tanker Base (ATB) on the KAFB. These upgrades allow very large airtankers (VLATs) to be filled and deliver fire retardant to suppress wildfires across the Southwest and beyond. The upgrades to the ATB increases capacity for combating the wildfire crisis, making it one of four bases in the region that can accommodate the VLAT.