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After years of study, hundreds of public comments and multiple hearings, the Forest Service has opted for a mushy status quo in the management of Fossil Creek.
The Forest Service last week issued a plan that will continue an overburdened permit system, cut the proposed number of future parking spaces, further reduce access to the creek from Rim Country and postpone into the misty future repairing a road crucial to Rim Country access.
The plan doesnât address the pleas from search and rescue teams for improved access to the creek from Rim Country. The creek has been the site of repeated drownings and hundreds of rescues. Rim Country rescue teams most often respond, but it can require a grueling eight-hour effort by paramedics and volunteers due to the closure and poor maintenance of FR 708 from Strawberry to the canyon bottom.
it s near slide rock state park in northern arizona. officials are making some steady progress in containing the flames. crews prevented it from spreading towards populated areas. an area three miles long was evacuated but only as a precaution. an e-coli warning is having bottled water flying off the chef. the city has shut off all of its public fountains. as the nation gears up for a weekend of grilling, a massive beef recall is expanding. 11 people in four states have been hospitalized. here s part of a report by nbc s kevin tibbles. reporter: just under 2 million pounds of ground beef products traced to wolverine packing are being recalled in 12 states suspected of being tainted with e-coli bacteria. consumers are asked to discard it immediately.
i m betty whim. in california, they are warning thousands of homeowners to be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire continues to grow. it is near slide rock state park, and 500 fire fighters are working to contain the flames. more crews are own their way. we have the latest. reporter: flames leap up steep canyon walls, growing from 400 to more than 4,000 acres in less than 24 hours. the winds continued to grow and pickup. it s pushed the slide fire kwabt. reporter: those winds pushed the slide fire to the west. residents like the hyde family scrambled to get out of harm s way. shelters are set up to help those forced from their homes. that s close to where we were. reporter: they had to evacuate the campground and
the general public hasn t seen any of these 13 works of heart since they were stolen a quarter of a century ago. apparently someone has. and quite recently. good afternoon. i m jake tapper. in our national lead, you know what they say about arizona, it s a dry heat but it s way too dry right now. dangerous drought conditions leaving the area between sedona and flagstaff as kindling for a wildfire burning at an alarming rate. it was 450 acres and today it is more than ten times that size. burning near slide rock state park. the fire is threatening 300 structures. we re talking mainly homes and vacation homes. thousands have been evacuated. more than 800 firefighters are making a stand against the flames but officials say the fire is 0% contained at this point. 0%.