The new research found managing low-severity fires across 1 million acres a year could reduce the amount of land that burned from severe fires by about 25 percent, protection that lasts for years.

Independent Sen. Angus King joined them in alleging that “much, if not all” of the revenue from online sales of park passes is going toward D.C. "vanity projects."

The sale of 72,000 acres in leases is nonetheless a step toward extraction in the wilderness home to caribou and polar bears.

The storm looked unimpressive, but then a tornado formed right next to us.