Trump officials visit key operations at prolific Alaska oil field amid push to expand drilling

4K views · 77 reactions | Five hotshot crews from Oregon landed in Alaska on Wednesday night to assist with operations on the 18,353-acre #SwanLakeFire burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Sterling. These crews - Lakeview, Redmond, Vale, Winema and Wolf Creek - are joining a very tough firefight on the eastern flank of the fire. | BLM Alaska Fire Service | Facebook

Below, check out the opening segment of a 10-part series from the U.S. Forest Service - Tongass National Forest that will introduce you to the majesty, grandeur and treasure that is southeast Alaska and the Tongass! The Forest Service is currently in the process of amending its management plan for the Tongass, and we want to see a plan that protects the forest’s best salmon watersheds, rapidly ends old-growth logging, strengthens protections in places set aside for wildlife habitat recovery, and

10K views · 189 reactions | The Fall Creek Fire burns over a portion of the North Umpqua Trail on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, west of Fall Creek. Division Supervisor, Mathew Brady, reports that the wooden bridge over Fall Creek had not burned. Mathew Brady / Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team | U.S. Forest Service - Umpqua National Forest | Facebook