As wildfires intensify and pose a growing risk in the American West, tribal leaders and community members are bringing fire back to their forests to save them. For thousands of years, Indigenous ...

There is something almost hypnotic about watching a forest burn. The scale of it. The violence. And yet, when the smoke ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASHEVILLE - The U.S. Forest Service is conducting prescribed burns on thousands of acres in the Pisgah and Nantahala national ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new analysis shows that the Pacific Northwest’s mature and old-growth forests are most at risk of severe wildfire in areas that historically burned frequently at lower severity.

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the aftermath of Australia’s “Black Summer” bushfires of 2019–20, few policy questions have proved as persistent as how, exactly, to live with ...

A new study quantified how much of Europe’s forest area could be disturbed by fires, storms, and bark beetles by 2100 under different climate scenarios. Using a combination of satellite data and ...

Long-term research in California shows that many bird populations increase after wildfires and can remain more abundant in burned areas for decades, especially following moderate fires. Although some ...

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