Grist reports that controlled burns reduce wildfire risks and costs, saving $3.73 for every dollar spent on treatments, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every few years, a wildfire resets the terms of the conversation. The January 2025 fires that swept through Los Angeles did ...

A two-decade-long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests' long-term ability to store carbon ...

Controlled prescribed burns may actually reduce the amount smoke-related pollution overall, according to a study published in ...

Several counties across Northwest Arkansas remain under a burn ban, prohibiting any outdoor burning as dry and windy conditions increase the risk of wildfires. Washington, Benton, Madison, Boone, ...

A new prescribed burn, called Burnt Flat, was initiated 9:01 a.m. June 3 in in Placer County, California. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management ...

After more than a century of fire suppression in California’s forests, mounting evidence shows that frequent fire — through practices like prescribed fire or Indigenous cultural burning — can improve ...

Iván Higuera-Mendieta had never experienced a wildfire season before arriving in California as a Stanford University Ph.D. student. Then, during a bike ride around Palo Alto in the summer of 2021, the ...

PRESCRIBED BURN IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. SUE MYERS AND THE TEAM AT PITTSBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN TRIED EVERYTHING TO MANAGE THE INVASIVE LESPEDEZA CUNEATA, OR CHINESE BUSHCLOVER, A PLANT THAT HADN’T BEEN SEEN ...

During the burn operation, smoke will be visible when the prescribed burn is being carried out and after burning operations.

Every few years, a wildfire resets the terms of the conversation. The January 2025 fires that swept through Los Angeles did exactly that. According to preliminary estimates from AccuWeather, the total ...