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

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 ...

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

The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest draft decision calls for reducing forest fuels over nearly 40,000 acres per year ...

Both Minnesota and St. Cloud use prescribed burns in the spring to protect prairie species and avoid bigger fires in the future. Here's what to know.

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

If state funding for forest health and wildfire prevention isn’t ramped back up in the next legislative session, it could ...

Forest managers repeatedly burned and thinned fuels across the zone that the Dragon Bravo Fire torched. But Grand Canyon ...

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

It would be destructive to use the Grand Canyon Lodge tragedy as a reason to limit controlled burns in the future.

When the Retreat Fire ignited a year ago east of Rimrock Lake, it burned much of the Oak Creek Wildlife Area, known for its ...