Hot, dry summer weather and lightning strikes are feeding existing wildfires and sparking new ones across Arizona and New Mexico this week. Arizona's Frye Fire grew 10 times in size over three days, and several blazes are burning across New Mexico's Gila National Forest.
A lightning-sparked blaze in Arizona's Kendrick Mountain Wilderness shuts down popular hiking routes and part of the highway.
Fire crews responded to five monsoon-season blazes this week.
The draft plan calls for the wolf population in southern Arizona and New Mexico to double.
The East Clear Creek Canyon blaze is more than 11,000 acres and growing.
Game and Fish crews have stocked thousands more fish in area lakes in recent weeks.
The flying machine ignited a blaze that burned 335 acres in the Coconino National Forest.
A crew of more than 5,000 has the blaze about 60 percent contained.
How and why the forests decide to implement fire restrictions--and why they sometimes don't work.
The Coconino National Forest increased fire regulations as wildfire danger grows.
