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The Bighorn Fire was a wildfire in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. [3] It burned 119,987 acres (48,557 ha) until it was finally put out on July 23, 2020. A lightning strike from a storm at 9:46 PM on June 5, 2020 caused the fire. [1] The fire was named after the bighorn sheep that inhabit the area. [4]
The Bighorn National Forest was established as the Big Horn National Forest on 22 February 1897, and encompasses 1,198,080 acres. On 1 July 1908 the name was changed to the Bighorn National Forest through an executive order. In September 1981 the national forest had 1,115,171 acres, with 1,107,670 of those acres being National Forest land. [7]
Fire and Insect Damage; The Wilderness Act allows measures to be taken, as necessary, in wilderness areas to control issues such as fire, insects, and diseases. [11] A 2010 report by the National Center for Conservation Science and Policy and the Xerces Society has shown that battling forest beetles may be counterproductive. [12] [13]
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Mount Hood National Forest is the first to announce a total fire ban in the state. Oregon's hot weather has caused fire danger to rise and with the dry and warm long-term forecast, the risk for ...
Dry brush and a lingering drought have prompted forest officials to issue restrictions earlier than normal. Fire restrictions start a month early amid high danger in San Bernardino National Forest ...
The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan, which had grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 ha). [2]
Stage 1 fire restrictions have been announced in four Arizona national forests. Here's what you can and can't do under these rules.