After a troubled past, U.S. Forest Service officials are turning a new page for forest restoration in northern Arizona.
That was the claim made by U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore during a visit to Flagstaff during which he announced $54 million in money for forest restoration for this fiscal year.
Moore made the announcement alongside Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Rep. Tom O’Halleran in Flagstaff on Tuesday night in the same building that had served as the city/county headquarters during the 2019 Museum Fire.
This time, however, the rooms were filled with Forest Service officials, congressional staff, local leaders and stakeholders who have been working toward successful forest restoration for two decades...