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 ...

As Australia and the world grapple with global warming and increased bushfire risks, University of South Australia ecologists ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. land managers are racing the clock as hotter, drier weather raises the risk of wildfires in the nation’s overgrown forests with each passing year.

A new prescribed burn, named Red Hill Vmp, was initiated 3 p.m. Jan. 7 in Riverside County, California. The prescribed fire has been burning on private land for six months. At present, details ...

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, ...

“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 ...

The Denton Fire Department announces controlled burns at three locations to improve prairie health and control invasive ...

The Madre Fire is nearly contained, and firefighters say a prescribed burn that took place back in February of this year ...

A team of Stanford scientists found that pre-burning certain areas reduced the severity of future wildfires by as much as 16% ...