Both the length and severity of fire seasons in Washington State continue to increase. As late as the 1990’s, about 85,000 acres…

Washington state continues to see an increase in the frequency and severity of wildland fires. Wildfires are now common in Washington…

A wildland fire fighter overseeing a controlled burn in progress. It’s summer in Central Washington, and wildfire season has begun.  In 2016, nearly…

The early predictions were right: 2015 has been and continues to be a particularly menacing fire season. Record-setting high temperatures, dry conditions, and low…

This week’s high-70’s temperatures and less than normal snowpack conditions in the mountains signals another potentially threatening wildfire season in Central Washington. According to…

Sitting on the edge of a small Cle Elum lake, the home of Gary and Patsy Hoover was the heart of their family, a…