When Slash Fuels Fire A lack of funding and personnel hampers efforts to clean up debris piles By Ashli Blow October 23, 2024 In this story: wildfire, forests
“Zone Zero” Mandates Near Completion for High Wildfire Risk Areas In California, new rules are intended to create better defensible space By Suzanne Bohan September 2, 2024 In this story: wildfire
Unauthorized Drones Are Making Wildfires More Destructive An alarming trend, and confusing regulations, hamper firefighting efforts across the country By Molly McCluskey August 27, 2024 In this story: wildfire, national parks
Beautiful Country Burn Again The Park Fire, the Camp Fire, and the trauma of repeated climate disaster By Kelly Ramsey August 25, 2024 In this story: wildfire, climate adaptation, climate change
Controlled Burns Aren’t Just for the Dry West—Swamps Need Fire Too On the East Coast, fire helps revive threatened plants, and could even counter sea level rise By Bethany Brookshire August 12, 2024 In this story: wildfire
Diversifying the Next Generation of Wildland Firefighters A partnership between the US Forest Service and four HBCUs is shifting the mostly white forestry workforce By Ashira Morris August 8, 2024 In this story: wildfire, racial justice, environmental justice
Forest Service, Native American Tribes Partner to Promote Forest Resilience The consultation process puts tribal knowledge to work for forest management By Suzanne Bohan June 20, 2024 In this story: wildfire, indigenous communities
The Epic Wildfire in the Texas Panhandle Is Just a Preview Texas officials go to bat for oil and gas while the climate-fueled Smokehouse Creek Fire still rages By Christopher Collins March 19, 2024 In this story: wildfire, climate change
Private Landowners Are the Missing Link for Prescribed Burns Community organizations teach individuals to manage their land with fire in states like Georgia, where 93 percent of the land is privately owned By Ashira Morris February 20, 2024 In this story: wildfire, forests, hunting, land use and planning
Future Forests of America Across the American West, forests are failing to regenerate after high-intensity wildfires, but that doesn't have to mean they're gone for good By Krista Langlois June 14, 2023 In this story: forests, wildfire