In extreme conditions, no amount of brush clearance can guarantee protection. Indeed, too much clearing can in fact leave ...

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On Friday, the storied coastal road had dissolved into a river of mud and debris after a powerful rainstorm sent those burned ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and other organizations removed endangered Southern California steelhead trout ...

If you saw a plan that’s already cut down 200,000 trees, with millions more in the crosshairs, you might think it’s an environmental apocalypse in the making. However, this seemingly drastic approach ...

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Fueled by powerful winds and rare dry conditions, a series of wildfires erupted on January 7 and swept through the Los ...

Fire has always shaped the landscape in California ... battalion chief for Cal Fire, the state’s department of forestry and fire protection. This transformation is an overlooked driver for ...

After 10 days in California to help contain the fires, firefighters from South Dakota Wildland Fire, Black Hawk Fire Department, Fairburn, Argyle and Whispering Pines Volunteer Fire Department are ...

In our case, since the winds had died down, the Fire Department was able to deploy ... he was a familiar part of the landscape, like the mountains and old oak trees, his niece Bianka Altmetz ...

Ohio's rural health care access gap can seem more like a chasm, but that's not stopping people from trying to fill it, often by thinking creatively.

Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet – using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ecosystems.