Is the Forest Service falling behind on wildfire prevention during President Donald Trump's second term in the White House?

BurnBot is a huge, Zamboni-like vehicle that executes precisely controlled burns of flammable grass alongside buildings and roadways. It’s designed to create fire breaks — lines of charred land — that ...

Indigenous fire practices are slowly regaining wider acceptance in California, but the dream of burning freely based on the needs of the land is still a long way off.

In these times of climate denialism in Washington, some look for signs of reason in California. Sadly, one particular agency can’t see the forest for the trees. Cal Fire, the state’s chief fire agency ...

Giant sequoias can live for thousands of years, but wildfires have killed staggering numbers of the trees in recent years. By Soumya Karlamangla California fire crews are scrambling to save a grove of ...

Cal Fire Fresno Kings unit firefighters Brandon Weiler and Joseph Valencia mop up a section of the Pickett Fire above Aetna Springs on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. Crews reported progress on the Pickett ...

This investigation was originally published by The Plumas Sun and Bay Nature, a nonprofit news outlet that connects San Francisco Bay Area residents more deeply with the natural world. A white-headed ...

After more than a century of fire suppression in California’s forests, mounting evidence shows that frequent fire — through practices like prescribed fire or Indigenous cultural burning — can improve ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...