Initial location: San Bernardino National Forest, Riverside County, Calif. The pile burning project, named San Bernardino Nf ...

Initial location: Forest-wide, Glenn County, Calif. The pile burning project, known as Mendocino Prescribed Fire Winter 20252026, was initiated 1 a.m. Oct. 20 in Forest-wide in Glenn County, ...

The new U.S. Wildland Fire Service has been established to streamline federal responses to wildfires and improve resiliency ...

The Palisades Fire destroyed more than 15,000 structures and burned 45,000 acres in early January 2025. Twelve people died.

The Northwest Forest Plan, adopted in 1994, helped quell mounting tensions between timber companies and environmentalists. It ...

Thirty-one people died in California wildfires this year, the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says.

As California contends with its worst wildfire season in history, it’s more evident than ever that land management practices in the state’s forested mountains need major changes. Many of California’s ...

In the 40 years since fires sparked by lightning have been allowed to burn unabated in a section of Yosemite National Park, ecologist Scott Stephens has watched extensive conifer forests grow back as ...

The agreement extends a long-standing framework for mutual wildfire response and cooperative risk-reduction work across ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lazuli bunting, a species of songbird, thrived after fires in the Sierra Nevada, new research found. (Zach Ginn) Across several ...

Long-term research in California shows that many bird populations increase after wildfires and can remain more abundant in burned areas for decades, especially following moderate fires. Although some ...