Experts warn that early snowmelt, combined with high evaporative rates, could significantly dry out vegetation and soils, setting the stage for intense wildfires. Many western basins are experiencing ...

Wildfires have forced another 1,000 people to flee their homes in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is under a state ...

Western Montana USFS fire Twice in ten years, southwestern Montana ranchers Dennis and Mykal Kirkpatrick have watched their ...

Lake Tahoe watercraft inspectors identified highly invasive golden mussels on a vessel at the Alpine Meadows inspection ...

The country's legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke, endangering people in its path ...

The Forest is an amazing survival-horror game that has a lot of options for great base builds, but choosing the right ...

Canadian mining firms Hudbay Minerals and SSR Mining said on Wednesday they had temporarily suspended operations in their ...

Even if you live far from the boreal forests in Canada and Siberia, you've likely noticed an increase in smoke from their ...

Jonathan Frenzen’s hallway is filled with camera equipment and piles of cables and routers. Frenzen, co-chair of the Greater Fireshed Coalition’s communications committee, is gearing up to install the ...

The 1,000-hour fuels category describes dead branches and trees between 3 and 8 inches in diameter. It takes longer for ...

Thinning of forests, generally undertaken to reduce dangers from wildfire and restore the forest to a more natural state, ...

Prescribed burns can be a valuable tool when preventing damage from increasingly destructive and wildfires driven by climate change. These projects, however, require significant staffing and ...