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The wildfire along the Grand Canyon's North Rim has grown in size, and now it's officially considered a "megafire." ...
Forest managers repeatedly burned and thinned fuels across the zone that the Dragon Bravo Fire torched. But Grand Canyon ...
The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with a plan to roughly double the acreage for prescribed burns across the ...
"This is exactly why we do prescribed burns," said David Erickson, a forester for Cal Fire SLO, in the release. "They don't just help the environment and improve habitat - they can be the difference ...
A team of Stanford scientists found that pre-burning certain areas reduced the severity of future wildfires by as much as 16% ...
Westward expansion was tough on the nation's forests. After a cycle of wildfires sparked by overgrazing and overcutting, the resulting damage begged for government intervention, said Stephen Pyne, an ...
U.S. land managers have long known that they have a problem on their hands with overgrown forests and persistent drought.
The Madre Fire is nearly contained, and firefighters say a prescribed burn that took place back in February of this year ...
The Denton Fire Department announces controlled burns at three locations to improve prairie health and control invasive ...
As Australia and the world grapple with global warming and increased bushfire risks, University of South Australia ecologists ...
A Bitterroot National Forest Service fuels reduction project implemented seven years ago prevented a wildfire from growing ...
A new prescribed burn, called Sac Valley Conservancy, was initiated 8:55 p.m. Jan. 6 in Sacramento County, California. The prescribed fire has been burning on private land for six months. Currently, ...