Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FLAGSTAFF — As the morning light spread across the San Francisco Peaks, a group of about 50 volunteers from across Arizona ...

Though fire is a threat to people, trees and forests themselves thrive with periodic blazes The ground was soft and black, ...

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 ...

— Forest Service fire crews plan to burn 1,197 acres north of Heflin today to reduce hazardous fuels and improve forest health, according to a federal news release. — Smoke may be visible along U.S.

Two national forests in the Upper Peninsula will undergo a controlled burn this spring. The USDA Forest Service Upper Peninsula Fire and Aviation Management Unit is preparing for prescribed fire ...

A prescribed burn has been announced for Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge to help with forest management.

Research analyzed tree rings and fire scars to compare modern fires to those in the past Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more ...