Veterans Day events planned around the BasinEvents to honor veterans begin Wednesday morning Nov 11, 2009
The Veterans Day waiver applies to public recreation lands under the management of the BLM, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Reclamation, along with the U.S. Forest Service. -- The Tulelake Chamber of Commerce will host a dedication ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Tulelake Veterans Park for bronze plaques dedicated to World War I and World War II homesteaders, and two statues in the park. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Team working on Modoc County financial crisisInformation available on Web site, Facebook, Twitter Nov 10, 2009
Tony Richno, the county s office of emergency service deputy director, said the group is headed by Undersheriff Gary Palmer and includes county department heads along with representatives from the Forest Service, city of Alturas and other agencies. Information is available at the Modoc County Sheriff s Department Web site at , Modoc OES in Facebook, and Modocfinancial on Twitter. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
• Events calendar Sep 4, 2009
Several antique fairs, as part of Wagon Days celebration: Ketchum Art and Antique Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at nexStage Theatre, 120 S. Main St., Ketchum; Wagon Days Antique Show, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Forest Service Park, at First and Washington streets, Ketchum; Hailey's Antique Market, 9 a.m to 6 p.m. at Roberta McKercher Park 350 W. Cedar St.; and Hailey's Main Street Antique and Art Show, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 730 N. Main St. ... Several antique fairs, as part of Wagon Days celebration: Ketchum... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Firefighters gain on blaze near Los Angeles Sep 3, 2009
I m feeling a lot more optimistic today than I did yesterday and the crews are doing fabulous work out there on the grounds but the bottom line is that they re fighting for every foot, said Mike Dietrich of the U.S. Forest Service ... The 53 homes destroyed included some forest cabins, said U.S. Forest Service spokesman Dennis Cross. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Calif. residents return to rubble as fires spread Sep 1, 2009
"This is a very angry fire that we're fighting right now," U.S. Forest Service Cmdr ... The 53 homes destroyed included some forest cabins, said U.S. Forest Service spokesman Dennis Cross. (Albany Times Union)
Roundup of Independence Day festivities in western Montana Jul 3, 2009
All day flea market on museum grounds; fundraiser garage sale for the Ovando Museum; Blackfoot Commercial Co. and Blackfoot Angler fly shop open; U.S. Forest Service will have an information booth available. Call Kathy at (406) 793-3474 or Peggy (406) 793-4030. (Missoulian, MT)
Clarkesville is artisan-friendly Jul 3, 2009
The property, one of the few pieces that were not sold to the National Forest Service for the creation of the Chattahoochee National Forest, is on both sides of a bend in the river and provides a rare setting with blooming 300-year-old plants ... org; U.S. Forest Service District Ranger Office, 706-754-6221. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Fourth festivities: Homestead cabin a focal point for holiday activities Jun 30, 2009
Missoula County closed on the T-1 Post Headquarters in mid-May, paying the U.S. Forest Service 480,000 for the historic building. It's 12,000 square feet of history that was built in 1940. (Missoulian, MT)
Summer sights and sounds May 27, 2009
The band is made up of Forest Service personnel who entertain with songs that have an amusing and educational slant. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are 5 per person, and children age 12 and under are admitted free. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
Katherine Riddell Love Apr 28, 2009
She continued to work for the Forest Service as an engineering draftsman. In 1955 she came to Alaska to visit her brother and two years later moved to Anchorage with her children. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Winter isnt easing up on us yet Feb 28, 2009
Two people have been sentenced to prison for their role in the July 20, 2000 Earth Liberation Front attack on the U.S. Forest Service facility in Rhinelander. SPORTS. (Forest Republican, WI)
