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 ...

A fully involved house fire quickly began spreading to other properties and the nearby Deschutes National Forest Monday ...

Have you ever heard the expression “fighting fire with fire?” In its most literal sense, it can describe the practice of igniting prescribed fires to prevent future wildfires. We rarely think ...

Have you ever heard the expression “fighting fire with fire?” In its most literal sense, it can describe the practice of igniting prescribed fires to prevent future wildfires. We rarely think ...

Biloxi is looking for solutions after Deer Island caught fire twice in as many years during the annual Fourth of July ...

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 ...

Cal Fire has awarded grants to support 15 scientific research studies to better understand certain vegetation types and uses ...

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