NEWSTALK 860 » Texas Forest Service http://ksfa860.com Fri, 24 May 2013 01:46:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Forest Service Urges Us To Report Arson Wildfires http://ksfa860.com/68313/ http://ksfa860.com/68313/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 14:22:37 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=68313 Heading into the long Memorial Day weekend -- the unofficial start of another hot and dry summer — the Texas Forest Service is begging us to be careful with cookouts, campfires and any outdoor burning.

TFS also wants people to be especially watchful for arsonists deliberately starting fires and report them to law enforcement.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/68313/feed/ 0 via Erich Schlegel, Getty Images Forest Service Surveys Drought Destruction http://ksfa860.com/forest-service-surveys-drought-destruction/ http://ksfa860.com/forest-service-surveys-drought-destruction/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:03:15 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=65960 The Texas Forest Service has estimated that last year's drought killed hundreds of millions of trees, but those are only educated guesses.  Now the agency is launching a more scientific survey that will provide a much more accurate picture of the destruction the drought left behind.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/forest-service-surveys-drought-destruction/feed/ 0 via Flickr/bradleygee Rains Mean Drought is Over — For Now http://ksfa860.com/rains-mean-drought-is-over-for-now/ http://ksfa860.com/rains-mean-drought-is-over-for-now/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:06:35 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=59752 Foresters at the Texas Forest Service say they have good news and bad news.  The good news is that because of an unusually wet winter and spring, the worst drought in the state's history has finally ended, in east Texas.

The bad news is that many areas of the state are primed for another hot and dry summer.  Wildfire season is just around the corner, and the state and federal agencies that deal with wildfires are getting ready for it.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/rains-mean-drought-is-over-for-now/feed/ 0 via Flickr/ssoosay Drought Kills Half a Billion Texas Trees http://ksfa860.com/drought-kills-half-a-billion-texas-trees/ http://ksfa860.com/drought-kills-half-a-billion-texas-trees/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:05:16 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=34682 The Texas Forest Service reports the unrelenting Texas drought has killed as many as 500 million mature trees -- 10 percent of the state's entire forest cover -- and the end is not in sight.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/drought-kills-half-a-billion-texas-trees/feed/ 0 via flickr/vsmoothe Fire Danger Continues Despite Cooler Weather http://ksfa860.com/fire-danger-continues-despite-cooler-weather/ http://ksfa860.com/fire-danger-continues-despite-cooler-weather/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:00:12 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=21728 The Texas Forest Service and local fire departments say despite the cooler weather, and a little rain here and there, the state's high fire danger hasn't gone away.

Here in east Texas, conditions are dry as they've ever been, and the bans on outdoor burning are still in effect.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/fire-danger-continues-despite-cooler-weather/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Newsmakers Groveton Man Indicted for Starting Trinity County Wildfires http://ksfa860.com/groveton-man-indicted-for-starting-trinity-county-wildfires/ http://ksfa860.com/groveton-man-indicted-for-starting-trinity-county-wildfires/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:50:12 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=18140 A Trinity County grand jury has indicted a man on charges of setting three separate fires in forest land in August and September.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/groveton-man-indicted-for-starting-trinity-county-wildfires/feed/ 0 Tom Pennington, Getty Images East Texas Forest Economy Takes Huge Hit from Wildfires http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-forest-economy-takes-a-huge-hit-from-wildfires/ http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-forest-economy-takes-a-huge-hit-from-wildfires/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:05:17 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=15137 We've known for some time that this year's wildfire season has been the worst in the state's history, but now we know what that means in dollars and cents for the east Texas timber industry.

The Texas Forest Service reports over the last 10 months, east Texas wildfires have wiped out more than $97 million worth of the region’s trees.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-forest-economy-takes-a-huge-hit-from-wildfires/feed/ 0 via ssoosay TFS Says Crooks Use Drought Fears to Cheat Landowners http://ksfa860.com/tfs-warns-landowners-of-scam-artists-taking-advantage-of-drought/ http://ksfa860.com/tfs-warns-landowners-of-scam-artists-taking-advantage-of-drought/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:56:44 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=13299 The Texas Forest Service says scam artists are using extreme drought conditions and a tough economy to swindle landowners into making bad deals on timber sales.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tfs-warns-landowners-of-scam-artists-taking-advantage-of-drought/feed/ 0 via smath Wildfires Burn – No Relief in Sight http://ksfa860.com/wildfires-burn-with-no-relief-in-sight/ http://ksfa860.com/wildfires-burn-with-no-relief-in-sight/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:53:24 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=11661 Adding to the more than 3.5 million acres that have burned in Texas this year, a relentless string of wildfires has burned more than 14 thousand acres in nine east Texas counties since the weekend.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/wildfires-burn-with-no-relief-in-sight/feed/ 0 Tom Pennington, Getty Images Jasper Wildfire Grows to 1000 Acres http://ksfa860.com/jasper-wildfire-grows-to-1000-acres/ http://ksfa860.com/jasper-wildfire-grows-to-1000-acres/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:52:27 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=9397 You just thought the wildfires were behind us.  A new fire in northern Jasper County has grown to a thousand acres, and a second fire in the same area is big and growing.  The good news is that firefighters say the bigger fire is mostly contained -- for now.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/jasper-wildfire-grows-to-1000-acres/feed/ 0 Tom Pennington, Getty Images Wildfires Hit East Texas Economy Hard http://ksfa860.com/wildfires-hit-east-texas-economy-hard/ http://ksfa860.com/wildfires-hit-east-texas-economy-hard/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:26:09 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=6100 The Texas Forest Service says the ongoing east Texas wildfires are not just burning a lot of trees and some houses.  They're also burning up a lot of money and jobs.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/wildfires-hit-east-texas-economy-hard/feed/ 0 Luis Ascui, Getty Images Firefighters Give Thanks for the Rain, But Much More is Needed http://ksfa860.com/firefighters-are-thankful-for-the-rain-but-say-much-more-is-needed/ http://ksfa860.com/firefighters-are-thankful-for-the-rain-but-say-much-more-is-needed/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:01:01 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=5920 Firefighters working record breaking fires in several east Texas counties say the rain that fell yesterday and overnight is a godsend, and they're thankful, but much more rain is needed because the fires are still out of control in many areas.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/firefighters-are-thankful-for-the-rain-but-say-much-more-is-needed/feed/ 0 Tom Pennington, Getty Images Forest Service Blames Wildfire on Spark From Worn Wheel Bearing http://ksfa860.com/report-wildfire-blamed-on-spark-from-worn-wheel-bearing/ http://ksfa860.com/report-wildfire-blamed-on-spark-from-worn-wheel-bearing/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:48:20 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=5764 The Texas Forest Service has determined that a spark from a worn out wheel bearing started the wildfire that has burned thousands of acres of forest in Polk and Trinity Counties.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/report-wildfire-blamed-on-spark-from-worn-wheel-bearing/feed/ 0 Tom Pennington, Getty Images West Texas Wildfire Now 150,000 Acres and Still Out of Control http://ksfa860.com/west-texas-wildfire-now-at-150000-acres-and-still-out-of-control/ http://ksfa860.com/west-texas-wildfire-now-at-150000-acres-and-still-out-of-control/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:22:19 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=3756 A wildfire about 70 miles west of Fort Worth is now more than twice as big as previous estimates, and the weather is making it hard for firefighters to even bring it under control.

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