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TweetPinShareSAFFORD – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gila District is currently recruiting applicants for seasonal call-when-needed wildland firefighters for the 2026 fire season. Wildland firefighters provide a valuable service, protecting …
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TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy BLM Tucson – Effective Monday, fire restrictions have been lifted on state and federal lands throughout Southeastern Arizona. Widespread precipitation across the area, additional rain in the weather forecast, …
Monsoon moisture signals easing of fire restrictions in Southeast Arizona Read More
TweetPinShareTucson – Due to severe and extreme drought conditions and an uptick in fire activity, Arizona State, federal agencies, and Tribal agencies representing southeast Arizona plan to implement Stage 2 fire …
Fire activity and dry conditions prompt Stage 2 fire restrictions in Southeastern Arizona Read More
TweetPinShareFirefighters defend home By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com BRYCE/EDEN—Throughout the night, the crackling flames burning the tamarisk along the Gila River in the Bryce Fire were interrupted by the sound of …
Bryce Fire burns 129 acres along Gila River Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy BLM TUCSON – The Bureau of Land Management selected Lance R. Brady, a native Arizonan, born in Tucson and raised in Safford, as the new Gila District Manager. He replaced …
Former Safford resident selected as BLM Gila District Manager Read More
TweetPinShareThe BLM is scheduled to begin four months of 15-mile road work on Haekel Road to improve access to the Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area southeast of Safford. Work on …
BLM to improve road to Hot Well Dunes through Great American Outdoors Act Read More
TweetPinShareSAFFORD – The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a draft environmental assessment for the proposed Copper Creek Exploration Project on public lands near Mammoth in Pinal County. …
BLM opens comment period on proposed mining exploration near Mammoth Read More
TweetPinSharePiles of brush, cut to reduce wildfire risk and improve ecosystem health, will be burned Contributed Article/Courtesy BLM SAFFORD– The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Safford Field Office and Gila …
Prescribed fire planned south of Bowie Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy BLM SAFFORD – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gila District is recruiting applicants for seasonal, emergency wildland firefighters for the 2025 fire season. Wildland firefighters provide a valuable …
BLM seeks seasonal, emergency firefighters Read More TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy BLM SAFFORD – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Safford Field Office will conduct necessary maintenance on the two natural hot tubs located in the Hot Well Dunes Recreation …
BLM announces temporary maintenance closure of natural hot tubs in Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area Read More