Firefighters across Washington state are gearing up for wildfire season, training on everything from water pumps to aerial response. With federal resources in question, state officials said they are ...

"Today we are issuing an emergency drought declaration for the upper Yakima, lower Yakima, and Natchee's watersheds," said ...

(AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) Washington Department of Natural Resources firefighter Chris Werner, of Chehalis, sprays the south fire line of the Archer Mountain ... a portrait with young trees at the ...

That, however, is not a reason for complacency. Climate change has made forests more vulnerable to wildfires and has intensified the damage they cause. Last fall, more than 1 million acres and 1,700 ...

and emergency planning — not industrial logging in remote forests that destroys wildlife habitat and makes fire risks worse," ...

A bipartisan cohort of U.S. West senators on Friday introduced legislation aimed at managing forests and mitigating fires, ...

“What I’m hearing from my constituents who actually fight fires in Washington state is that Trump and Elon are making wildland firefighters' jobs far more difficult and far more dangerous by ...

Forest management can help prevent wildfires ... in Trump’s first term that you can’t log your way out of fire danger, The Washington Post reported. Removing large, fire-resistant trees ...