Prescribed burning was down by roughly half this year on the Deschutes National Forest compared to a year ago and well below the 10-year average, raising questions from local officials about ...
The western United States is facing another destructive wildfire season, with more acres burned in Colorado alone in 2025 than in the past four years combined. If global warming continues on its ...
As the American West warms due to climate change, wildfires are increasingly burning in higher-elevation mountains, charring the watersheds where the region’s vital snowpack accumulates. A new study ...
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Due to unfavorable conditions, Deschutes National Forest firefighters have canceled the 215 acres of prescribed burning planned for Wednesday a mile southwest of Bend. Ignitions ...
New research shows that fewer wildfires burn through Southwest forests, but the fires that start are often catastrophic, "monsters of our own making," one scientists said. One way to reduce the number ...
Forest fires are on the rise globally. An increase in severe fire weather is largely responsible. By Rebecca Dzombak In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of ...
Mudslide risk could increase in Southern California burn areas if trees are cleared, public lands advocate says.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Lincoln National Forest plans to burn 185 acres this weekend. From Dec. 11 to 16, forest officials will set a controlled burn through the 16 Springs area along Carr Gap Forest Road ...
Elevation, temperature, burn severity, vegetation type, and the amount of incoming solar radiation are among the drivers explaining when snowpack disappears after a wildfire. Wildfires had the biggest ...