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 ...

For millennia, Indigenous peoples have intentionally set fires to care for the land. Colonization and fire exclusion largely ...

The last widespread fire in the area known as t Fireshed took place in 1880, according to Ellis Margolis of the U.S. Geological Survey. In order to improve the forest resiliency, Margolis said, that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The devastating loss of Grand Canyon Lodge isn’t a reason to put new restrictions on good fire.