Post Comment Even without wheeling fighter jets and falling practice bombs, the high, dry pygmy pine forest of southern Ocean and Burlington counties will always be ready to burn, say forestry experts and environmental activists. The fire risk to new houses there is so high that long before last week's 17,250-acre wildfire which officials declared Saturday was 90 percent under control the state Forest Fire Service had drawn up proposals for massive firebreaks around Hay Road, where the...

But Maurer did say that unless something unforeseen happens, the damage caused by the fire is expected to stay at 17,270 acres. At this point we are hoping for a lot of rain, but it doesn t look as though that is going to materialize, Maurer said. Latest News: Stubborn fire 90 percent out Published: Friday, May 18, 2007 From Staff Reports The state Forest Fire Service has announced that 90 to 95 percent of the forest fire in Ocean and Burlington Counties had been contained as of 1 p. There...

Experts say each goat eats several pounds of forest fire fueling vegetation a day. He says the goats have become quite popular with property owners in the dry hill country surrounding Los Angeles, and he's already booked his herds for the entire summer. At that rate a heard of goats could strip an entire football field in just a few days. This material may not be published, rewritten, or redistributed. Goats Hired for Fire Protection Duty. LOS ANGELES, CA -- A California museum is using a...

Elsewhere, rain helped firefighters fight a blaze that burned 27 square miles (70 square kilometers) of forest in the dry southern New Jersey Pinelands. The 6-square-mile (15-square kilometer) Promontory fire was 60 percent contained and officials projected full containment by Tuesday. At the height of the fire, 6,000 people were evacuated and a handful of homes were damaged or destroyed. More than 700 homes in Florida were evacuated earlier in the week, but the last of those orders was...

The fund to replace the 3,000 vandalised trees of the Foresta 2000 project in Mellieha has gone up to Lm25,000, following hefty donations from private companies and from a school yesterday. So there was still some way to go, Mr Pullicino said, appealing for more people to come forward with their contributions, no matter how small, to be able to reach the target. Mr Pullicino said the government could have forked out the money, but it wanted the public to have the opportunity to give vent...