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MISSOULA, Mont., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Forest Foundation (NFF) today announced the launch of its first national public awareness campaign to encourage Americans to get involved in the enjoyment and restoration of the nation's forests and grasslands. The campaign features a public service announcement, which will make its national primetime premiere on Discovery Communications' Destination America network at 8:00 pm ET on Monday, July 16. In a PSA created by...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pine Canyon, the premiere Northern Arizona golf club, will celebrate Labor Day this year in style! The Grammy award-winning "Huey Lewis and the News" will perform a concert on the green under the northern night sky, Labor Day evening on Sunday, September 4th. While the parents enjoy the culinary food and entertainment, the kids will celebrate at Camp Pine Canyon with activities, dinner, and movies. Pine Canyon expects 1500-2000 people to enjoy...

Authorities in Arizona said there has been no sign that a large meteor reported in the skies near Sedona made impact with the ground. A spokesman for the Pinewood Fire Department in Munds Hill, near Sedona, said a crew drove up and down Interstate 17 but could find no evidence of the fireball that witnesses said lit up the sky Saturday night, the Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Ariz., reported Monday. Karen Malis-Clark, public information officer for the Coconino National Forest, told the...

By Tom Beal, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson May 23--You'll be able to grill a burger in the cool pines of our state's forests this Memorial Day, provided you show up early enough to stake out a developed campground or picnic spot. In the Tucson area, the Catalina District of the Coronado National Forest, which manages the popular holiday spots on Mount Lemmon, has no smoking or campfire restrictions in place, said spokeswoman Heidi Schewel. As always, you need a campfire permit if you...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The commander of an elite U.S. Forest Service firefighting team was indicted on arson charges on Thursday, accused of setting two wildfires in a national forest, officials said. Van Bateman, who forestry officials said was one of the first out-of-state commanders dispatched to New York after the September 11 terror attacks, was charged with setting timber afire and arson on public lands. The indictment charges that he set two wildfires in the Coconino National...