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FLAGSTAFF, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- The Tunnel Fire just north of Flagstaff is burning through an area still recovering from a wildfire that sparked more than a decade ago. Back in 2010, the Schultz Fire burned 16,000 acres. A couple of years later, devastating flooding on the burn scar [...]

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More than five and a half million acres have burned in the U.S. this year. Wildfires have grown larger and more intense over the last few decades, in part because of the warmer temperatures brought on by global climate change. Residents in forest cities like Flagstaff increasingly have to [...]

Researchers have believed for decades that thinning trees can be healthy for the forest, but it was unclear how long the benefits of those treatments would last. A group of researchers at Northern Arizona University recently studied the effects of thinning and burning in small areas throughout the state. [...]

A new study from Northern Arizona University looks at the long-term effects of restoring a forest with mechanical thinning and prescribed burns. The news is good: treated forests are healthier and more resistant to catastrophic wildfires, and those benefits seem to last. But climate change adds a wild card. [...]

The Tussock and Spur fires have served as reminders that Arizona still has a ways to go when it comes to fire prevention. These are events that have displaced multiple families in just the last few weeks. They're also examples of what forest restoration could have perhaps prevented. Read [...]

Dr. Amy Waltz with NAU talks about Arizona's upcoming wildfire season. Dr. Waltz interview starts at 14:37 Read More

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - It's shaping up to be another wicked wildfire season. These fires don't only devastate plants and animals, they can also damage homes, buildings, and even threaten the Valley's water supply. Read More