‘War on wildland fire’: Bureau of Land Management tries new strategy to douse sources of potential blazes

ST. GEORGE — On a chilly December morning, Paul Briggs, the acting district manager for the Bureau of Land Management’s Color Country District, points out fuel breaks in the pinyon juniper forests on the hillsides flanking the eastside of Interstate 15 between Beaver and Cedar City. “Would you ever think that wasn’t natural?” he asks. […]