Fire Danger

J. Bradley Washa, assistant professor of Wildland Fire Science at USU, gives us an end of season update and the outlook as we head into the colder months.

With much of Utah expected to see ripe wildfire conditions for the foreseeable future, restrictions are in place and officials are on edge heading into the holiday weekend.

In other news, Utah's water supply is at its highest levels in at least 15 years, according to the Division of Water Resources.

J. Bradley Washa, Utah State University Extension assistant professor of Wildland Fire Science talks about fire prevention measures and the most high risk areas across Utah.

There is a new exhibit at the USU Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art called Facing Fire: Art, Wildlife and the End of Nature in the New West. Last Saturday, a cross-disciplinary panel of artists from the exhibit, policy makers, and a firefighter discussed fire in the west, and we're joined by three of those panelists today.

USU is hosting a panel on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. for the “Facing Fire” exhibit that is taking place at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum through Dec. 16. Artists, policymakers and a firefighter will be featured panelists.

More than 18,000 acres of private forest land in Utah were selected by the U.S. Forest Service to be preserved forever.

According to the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, wildfires scorched more than 25,000 acres in 2022, but only 1,104 of those burned as a result of natural causes.

The Bureau of Land Management has issued a fire prevention order for BLM-managed lands in northern and central Utah beginning June 27.

Due to high fire danger in the northern Utah mountains, this Friday’s opening show in the Cherry Peak summer concert series has been moved to the Green…