New research recommends that forest managers work in and adjacent to recent wildfire footprints to increase the pace and scale of fuel treatments.

Be prepared in advance” is a preachy old saying that is easily ignored and readily forgotten. But the drought and dry conditions now facing Southwest Colorado bring urgent meaning to that phrase.

She says these fires can help regenerate the ecosystem and improve habitat for culturally important animals and plants, like grasses used in basketry. And cultural burns can also limit the spread of ...

Justine Tyerman’s faithful tramping boots (The TBs!) thought they were heading to Hollywood… Sadly, Justine had other ideas.

For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural and ecological identity of what is now the American South: the ...

The winter season often brings a flare-up of wildfires across Oklahoma. There are many things you can do to help prevent small sparks becoming big fires.

A research team led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) has published a foundational inventory of emissions produced by structures destroyed by ...

A new study shows hot, dry and windy weather that fuels extreme wildfires has nearly tripled worldwide in 45 years.

Firefighters have been battling blazes across the Panhandle and the northwest part of Oklahoma for days now. The majority of ...

On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest ...

The fire service doesn’t need more managers to maintain the status quo. It needs transformational leaders who can adapt, empower and leave behind a culture that’s stronger than the one that they ...