Rising temperatures and record-setting wildfire activity are changing how Americans think about their outdoor spaces. In January alone, 2,128 fires scorched over 64,000 acres, ranking as the third ...

Wildfires are affecting our public lands at an accelerating scale and increasing intensity. Yet how fire affects recreation ...

Flames torched the hillside, igniting the dry chaparral at Sedgwick Reserve in California’s Santa Ynez Valley. Sagebrush and yucca caught fire like tinder as the flame front advanced, leaving charred ...

Fire is a normal part of the natural environment in California, so if you live in the wildland-urban interface, it’s not so much a question of if, but of when your home will be exposed to wildfire.

Six months after the Eaton and Palisades fires, more than 10,000 parcels have been cleared of debris and rebuilding efforts are moving forward. While home hardening — installing fire resistant vents ...

Recent rains across Colorado have provided a much-needed respite from the heat, but this wildfire season is still undeniably well underway. Wildfires such as the 416 fire in Durango are still burning, ...

Many lessons were learned from the wildfires of 2017. The most important of which is that any fire, with enough fuel and driven by wind can burn through almost anything. It is never possible to ...

It’s hot, water is at a premium and people want to keep their yards green, definitely not dry, to make them less flammable in case of a wildfire. Don’t sweat this. It’s possible to have a healthy lawn ...

In 2017, Grace Diebel’s parents nearly lost their Glen Ellen home in the Nuns Fire, which tore through the upper Sonoma Valley on the same night as the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, destroying 1,355 ...

Fire officials urged residents to take steps now to protect homes and families as peak fire season approaches in SoCal.

It’s finally springtime, and many of us are adding new plants to our gardens. That means it is also a good time to review the principles of creating defensible space around our homes. Fire is a normal ...

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