Initial location: Tulare County, Calif. The pile burning project, known as Merritt Vmp, was initiated 10:05 a.m. Feb. 6 in ...

Prescribed burns are widely recognized as an effective wildfire mitigation tool. Now, using satellite imagery, land ...

It’s hard enough to plan for a prescribed fire in a nature preserve: The wind needs to be just right. Detailed maps are drawn. Plants should be dry. But planning to burn at a preserve in the heart of ...

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 ...

July 28, 2025 It’s impossible to completely prevent wildfires like this one, but one of the most effective mitigation strategies is also one of the oldest. For centuries, firefighters around the world ...

A group of governmental and other entities is continuing work on a forest resiliency project in the Santa Fe National Forest.

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 ...

A Bitterroot National Forest Service fuels reduction project implemented seven years ago prevented a wildfire from growing ...

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 ...

Before European settlers arrived in Western Montana, the Salish people traditionally managed the forest through prescribed burns, helping promote a healthy ecosystem.