As more of Arizona's forests face catastrophic wildfires that endanger the critical watersheds that serve the Valley, the municipalities of Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe have joined. . .
The painstakingly developed capacity to thin the forest and save communities like Show Low and Payson from wildfire is dangling by a long, thin, costly thread, say the loggers, mill
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project (SRP) has approved a contract to continue purchasing renewable energy from a biomass plant in the state that will provide baseload power while helping to cut the risk of devastating forest wildfires in northern Arizona.
An agreement that will keep Arizona’s only biomass burning power plant alive could also save forested communities like Payson and Show Low from the growing plague of wildfires.
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