Wildfires Spur Emergency Antelope Hunt in Nevada
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  RENO, Nev. - A string of wildfires that scorched hundreds of square miles of prime habitat has prompted an emergency antelope hunt and relocation of unprecedented scope in Nevada, state officials said.
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SALMON, Idaho  - For the first time in nearly a decade, hunters on Saturday begin tracking and killing buffalo on the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where federal wildlife managers plan to cut the herd from 1,200 to 500 over the next five years.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS OJAI, Calif. - Helicopters lifted off as winds calmed Sunday, ferrying water and transporting firefighters to battle a three-week-old wildfire that has scorched more than 200 square miles of the Los Padres National Forest.
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By Mike Zapler, Rod Foo and Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 25--Firefighters near South Lake Tahoe are struggling to contain a wildfire that has already burned 173 homes and scorched more than 2,500 acres.
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For the first time in three months, firefighters in northeastern Nevada may get a chance to catch their breath.
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By GIDEON RUBIN  ROSAMOND -- A massive blaze that began Sunday morning scorched more than 6,000 acres of pristine wilderness on the southeast face of the Tehachapi Mountains and showed no signs of slowing down by Monday afternoon, authorities said.
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A series of communication breakdowns and confusion over who was in charge led to 21 firefighters being trapped and two people burned by a Nevada wildfire in July, a report said Wednesday.
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Wildfires raged on Sunday across the western United States as firefighters scrambled to prevent flames from spreading across rugged terrain thick with tinder turned bone-dry by scorching hot weather.
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A wind-driven brush fire in the Sierra foothills exploded to more than 8 square miles Friday, threatening two subdivisions just west of Reno.
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A rainstorm helped firefighters gain control of wildfires burning across the Sierra Nevada, including a nearly 17,000-acre blaze and a smaller fire ignited by a suspected arsonist in Yosemite National Park.
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Weeks into a wildfire season that has already burned parts of Catalina Island, Los Angeles and Lake Tahoe, swaths of California's flammable national forests are some days protected by nothing more than luck.
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Huge wildfires, such as the ones that have charred more than 460,000 acres this week in Southern California, are becoming more common in the Western United States, and scientists say warming trends and other climate factors may be responsible.
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A U.S. Wildlife Conservation Society biologist says the Tibetan antelope -- once subject to rampant poaching -- might be increasing in number.
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A wind-whipped wildfire erupted Wednesday near Reno and quickly spread to 2,000 acres, threatening homes, forcing evacuations and closing a major highway.
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Desert winds and blistering heat Wednesday challenged firefighters battling a 37,000-acre wildfire that destroyed buildings and forced hundreds of people to leave but spared historic structures in a town developed decades ago as a movie set for Westerns.
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A fire in Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy basin grew to 1,500 acres Saturday, and park officials were searching for a man suspected of setting the blaze.
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A wildfire grew by an estimated 200 square miles in 24 hours, blackening grazing land Sunday as it threatened thousands of southern Idaho homes and facilities at an Air Force training range, fire officials said Sunday.