City Thins Urban Park to Reduce Fire Danger
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By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE  North Cheyenne Caon Park has long been considered one of the jewels of Colorado Springs' urban forest, an oak-and-pine playground for hikers, bikers and nature lovers.
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Firefighters took advantage of calmer wind to dig more lines in their battle against a blaze that has threatened hundreds of homes near this central Washington town.
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By John Shultz, Kevin Murphy and Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 9--Firefighters pumped foam Thursday evening over smoldering remnants of a blaze that a day earlier cast a threatening black cloud over Kansas City, but some stubborn hot spots remained.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 19--The air has turned cooler and clearer, promising the end to a long fire season.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 14--The Coast's embattled urban trees are about to receive two types of help on Friday.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The performance of two fire eaters got a little too hot for Johnson City police, who cited them as a safety hazard at the annual Blue Plum Festival.
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By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 19--DURHAM -- As Durham's yard waste fire smolders into a second week, a sickening, smothering fog settles over nearby homes each night.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 15--It is tempting to hurl rhetorical firebombs at a political system that fails to protect homeowners from fireworks damage just because they live in unincorporated areas. And to scorch the S.C.
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By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer  TROY -- Starting next week, people won't have to leave the city limits to get a taste of nature.   Instead, they can drive down Dorset Road to the Miami County Park District's new Hobart Urban Nature Preserve.
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When cities run out of valuable real estate, planners look up. The search for green space is no exception.
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Firefighters around Australia's largest city have tamed a spate of wildfires that destroyed seven homes and left hundreds of thousands of people without power.
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Mayor Anthony Williams (website - news - bio) says the city has returned to a bad habit of not honoring its commitments. He says he made the agreement with the council and baseball to cut this deal.
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By Pat Reavy Deseret Morning News  The Sandy Fire Department is the latest to urge residents to take precautions against what could potentially be a long and dangerous wildfire season -- especially those who live along the Dimple Dell gully.
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By Ronald L. Littlepage  This is for all of you folks who are salivating over the prospects of a massive cut in property taxes and who believe city government can do without.  The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department is a good example of why it isn't as easy as you think.
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When the mayor named a 73-year-old grandmother to the city's park board &#151; which considers issues like off-leash dog areas and outdoor party permits &#151; the move might have gone largely unnoticed.
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Mayor Bloomberg announced that the number of city-issued parking placards to city employees will be reduced by at least 20 percent. New steps will be taken to reduce misuse of the permits.
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By Josh Hoke, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 10--BUCKSVILLE COMMUNITY -- Five foresters spent much of Friday starting and controlling a small fire they said could prevent larger blazes in the area.