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 ...

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 ...

As Australia and the world grapple with global warming and increased bushfire risks, University of South Australia ecologists ...

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 nation’s overgrown forests with each passing year.

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 ...

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 Madre Fire is nearly contained, and firefighters say a prescribed burn that took place back in February of this year ...

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