Jarbidge News

Don't be fooled by her smiley face socks - Alice Goicoechea is a woman who commands respect.

How is the BLM spending the money it already has? If the job is spending money, who you gonna call? The federal government.

The East Slide Rock Ridge fire left large islands of unburned vegetation, as seen in the above photo.

A semi rollover spilled cattle and several gallons of gas into the Jarbidge River.

SAM BROWN - Staff Writer The difference between good and bad is many times a matter of perspective, particularly when it comes to public lands management.

The forest service has reopened part of a wilderness area in the Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest, near the town of Jarbidge.

Rehabilitation efforts continued yesterday on containment lines and will also be a focal point for today's operations.

Things are largely winding down on a 54,000 acre wildfire along the Idaho Nevada border.

Forest ranger: Jarbidge fire 'a good thing' By ALI HELGOTH - Staff Writer Friday, September 5, 2008 12:43 PM PDT Wind-whipped flames consume dry grass on the East Slide Rock Ridge Fire.

Firefighters continued to build and strengthen containment lines on the East Slide Rock Ridge fire in anticipation of another predicted high wind event this weekend.

The Lake Tahoe Basin is under a red flag warning from the National Weather Service in Reno.

Firefighters were able to maintain containment lines Sunday despite erratic winds.

Gov. Jim Gibbons has criticized U.S. Forest Service officials' decision to let a wildfire in northeast Nevada burn unchecked for two weeks, saying it allowed the blaze to "get out of control" and substantially ...

As the East Slide Rock Ridge fire continued to burn near Jarbidge Friday morning, Gov.

Cooler temperatures and favorable winds Tuesday helped slow growth of the massive East Slide Rock Ridge Fire, which now measures more than 66 square miles in size.

Firefighters made progress Wednesday in securing containment lines on the northwest and northeast flanks of the East Slide Ridge Rock fire near Jarbidge, which is now estimated at 70 square miles and is 10 ...

Windy conditions and dry, hot weather helped a fire burning in a Nevada wilderness area near the Idaho border double in size Tuesday.

High winds coupled with low humidity and high temperatures in steep, rugged terrain provided ripe conditions for a wildfire in the Jarbidge Wilderness to more than double in size Monday to 38,500 acres - ...

The East Slide Rock Ridge fire is located primarily within the Jarbidge Wilderness approximately 50 miles northwest of Wells, Nevada.

RENO, Nev. - Firefighters hoped calmer, shifting winds Tuesday would allow them to return to the lines after dangerous conditions the day before forced them to retreat from a stubborn wildfire burning in a ...