Forest fires now burn 10 times more acreage annually than in 1985, while wildfire severity has gotten even worse. In ...

The new research found managing low-severity fires across 1 million acres a year could reduce the amount of land that burned ...

In 2019 and again in 2021, Penn State researchers in the Department of Geography walked a series of 1,000 square foot plots in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park. The goal was to see how the ...

A land manager examines young longleaf pines, some in their grassy phase, in a private forest in South Carolina. AP Photo/James Pollard For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. According to Global Forest Watch data released by the World Resources Institute (WRI) on April 29, tropical primary forest loss declined by 36% in ...

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 ...

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.

New research from the UBC-based Mother Tree Project is shedding light on how forests respond to harvesting and climate stress, including practices aimed at reducing wildfire risk. Dr. Suzanne Simard, ...

For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural and ecological identity of what is now the American South: the longleaf pine. The forest once stretched across 92 million acres from ...

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