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There is a new supervisor in town at the Sawtooth National Forest office in Jerome and the public will get a chance to meet him today

The Magic Valley Forest Service offices will be relocating during the weekend to a brand new location after more than 30 years in Twin Falls

Federal officials have released a plan for a northern Idaho forest proposed wilderness area that includes banning snowmobiles.

Forest managers have planned a prescribed burn in the South Hills this week to protect aspen trees and promote their growth. The burn will be up Rock Creek Canyon in the upper Mountain View Creek area beginning October 4

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Idaho and Washington State University will be working to map where severe wildfires are likely to occur in the Northwest thanks to a $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

(KLIX)- Fire fighters are battling a fire in the South Hills about half a mile from Magic Mountain. According to a Bureau of Land Management spokes person the blaze is burning just west of the ski area in Thompson Creek Drainage. Several summer homes are under threat of the fire...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal challenging a federal rule that barsdevelopment on 50 million acres of roadless areas in national forests. The justices said Monday they will leave in place a federal appeals court decision that upheld the so-called roadless rule that took effect late in the presidency of Bill Clinton...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials in Boise County say they've arrested an 18-year-old volunteer firefighter suspected of igniting a blaze that destroyed one home and is threatening about 100 other residences. Authorities identified the suspect Tuesday as Nathanial Fay Bartholomew...

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Firefighters are working to protect homes from a wildfire in remote Idaho County as wind gusts pushed the blaze toward the community of Dixie. Some residents fled Tuesday under a voluntary evacuation order. The U.S. Forest Service began asking residents to leave Monday as the McGuire Fire Complex grew near the unincorporated community in north-central Idaho...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's endowment trusts are due a total of nearly $49 million in fiscal year 2014, about 2.8 percent more than this year, as increased revenue from timber sales helps bolster cash. The Idaho Land Board Tuesday unanimously approved the distribution, from money generated by the Idaho Department of Lands' management of 2...

(KLIX)-Rock Creek Road into the South Hills is now open. The Minidoka Ranger District opened the road early Monday morning to the general public. People need to be aware there are still area closures in effect. Crews are still working in areas where the Cave Canyon Fire burned and the public is asked to be cautious...

(KLIX)- Fire crews have their hands full fighting several fires across Southern Idaho. The Great Basin Incident Management Team One took over the Minidoka Complex fires. Crews are battling three fires on the Minidoka Ranger District of the Sawtooth National Forest...

BOISE -- A wildfire burning in the central Idaho wilderness has grown to 3,700 acres. Fire managers’ report the Halstead Fire is actively burning in subalpine fir and lodgepole pine, about 18 miles northwest of Stanley. KTVB reports fire activity has forced the closure of several campgrounds...

(KLIX)- Along with free fishing this weekend you can go camping for free. The Sawtooth National Forest announced this Saturday is National Get Outdoors Day. Sawtooth National Forest Supervisor Becky Nourse says it’s an opportunity for people to get out and enjoy the forest...

Twin Falls-Wood Permits are now being sold by the Sawtooth National Forest. People can get personal firewood with permits that sell for $12.50 a cord. There is a two cord minimum per person. The permits are available at any forest service ranger district offices...

Twin Falls- The Sawtooth National Forest is ready to take visitors for this Memorial Day Weekend. Most of the forests campsites will be open, however, in some places you can expect some road closures due to snowpack. Sawtooth spokesperson Julie Thomas says people need to be prepared to pack water in as well as pack your trash out...

State officials are concerned that the wet spring could bring some serious wildfires this year but even with that concern, this year is expected to be an average year for fires.