As drought and high temps persist, and as fuel management continues to decline, this summer is the perfect storm for ...

Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service gather to pray on Jan. 15, 2025, in Altadena amid deadly wildfires that raged across the Los Angeles area. (Photo by John Locher/Associated Press) President ...

“Operational challenges” have hampered the use of prescribed fire to reduce potential wildfire fuel, according to Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz. The Forest Service is falling short on reducing ...

With wildfires already burning and drought persisting across much of the U.S., fire experts are bracing for what could be an extreme fire season. The U.S. Forest Service is going into it having done ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Forest Service awarded Colorado $26.3 million for wildfire prevention efforts. “These grants are about putting resources in the hands of those that know their lands ...

Grassroots Wildland Firefighters pointed to shortfalls in hazardous fuels work, but the service cited a successful year of firefighting. The Trump administration’s cuts to the Forest Service have left ...

Wildfire resiliency advocates warn that reduced funding could leave California more vulnerable to devastation, and are ...

On a cool morning in late April, blackened ground smoldered under ponderosa pines in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. The air at the southern Oregon site in the vast Ashland watershed had a ...

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