Invasive woody plants present a major ecological challenge in eastern U.S. forests by outcompeting native species and ...

A firefighter lights a backfire to stop the Caldor Fire from spreading near South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) (CN) — As the Caldor Fire encroached upon South Lake Tahoe over Labor ...

It's been a memorable wildfire season in Nebraska ... an all-time record season in fact. Multiple wildfires ravaged grasslands to the tune of more than 800,000 acres in combination for the so-named ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reminds Kansans that March and April are when large areas of the state’s rangelands are burned, especially within the Flint Hills. Prescribed fire is a ...

Community members, agency staffers, landowners and researchers tend a prescribed burn in Placerville, California in February 2022. (Tim McConville/UC Davis) Prescribed fire, which mimics natural fire ...

Prescribed fire -- a tool increasingly used by forest managers and landowners to combat invasive species, improve wildlife habitat and restore ecosystem health -- also could play a role in reducing ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reminds Kansans that March and April are when large areas of the state’s rangelands are burned, especially within the Flint ...

The Athens Prescribed Fire Science Lab is equipped with large fans that allow the team to simulate winds of up to 90 miles per hour, reproducing conditions of prescribed fire in the field. Prescribed ...

A group of Tuolumne County residents who appreciate and promote the importance of using fire as a land management tool recently hosted a “Good Fire Tour” on private properties — at Sardella Ranch ...

Every year, land managers intentionally set millions of acres on fire across the United States. Last month, one of those prescribed fires in Eastern Oregon’s Grant County had the rare distinction of ...

Orange flames crackle and quickly burn bright green and yellow grass to blackened ash. Smoke drifts through the long-leaf pine trunks. On the edges of the fire, wildland fire experts in green cargo ...

The U.S. Forest Service is resuming its prescribed burning program with new rules that it says will minimize the risk of fires escaping control and damaging communities. The announcement comes after a ...