fire management

Washington (AP) Fire crews have reached 57 percent containment on a central Washington wildfire that has burned dozens of homes. The Taylor Bridge fire east of Cle Elum, Wash., has burned across more than 36 square miles or 23,000 acres of grass, sagebrush and timber...

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest fire managers on the Cle Elum Ranger District plan to begin spring burning in early to mid-April. The prescribed burns are being undertaken to remove post-harvest woody materials, excess fuels and fire hazards in the wildland urban interface as well as improve wildlife habitat...