Initial location: Ventura County, Calif. A new prescribed burn, named Steelhead, was initiated today at 8:45 a.m. in Ventura ...

A new prescribed burn, named Tulley Creek, was initiated today at 8:51 a.m. in Humboldt County, California. The prescribed ...

As the Madre Fire dwindles down, the acreage burned shows it’s clearly the largest fire in the state so far this year, but ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Val Hoyle, both of Oregon, introduced companion bills to create the $30 billion mandatory funding to be allocated among federal land management agencies. In addition, the ...

Firefighters will conduct a prescribed burn Thursday morning in Amador County, the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit. Smoke may be visible in the area.The low-intensity burn runs from 9 a.m. to noon near ...

State data shows the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention carried out only one brush clearance operation in ...

Wildfires are becoming more intense and dangerous, but a new Stanford-led study offers hope: prescribed burns—intentionally set, controlled fires—can significantly lessen their impact. By analyzing ...

A prescribed fire is a planned, low-intensity fire conducted by a team of trained professionals under specified weather conditions to restore health to ecosystems that depend on fire.

A prescribed fire is a planned, low-intensity fire conducted by a team of trained professionals under specified weather conditions to restore health to ecosystems that depend on fire.

The fire is located in an area that has been thinned and treated with prescribed fire, the U.S. Forest Service noted in a ...