A new prescribed burn, called WINTON-LILY GAP FUEL REDUCTION RX, was initiated today at 2:39 p.m. in Calaveras County, ...

The decision authorizes a significant expansion of prescribed fire operations. For example, the Sierra National Forest, which ...

Local elected officials across the region are worried that changes in federal policy are putting their communities at risk ...

As wildfires get more intense, there are questions about how effective prescribed fire and other fuel treatments can be. New research suggests that they can still have real impacts.

Experts on prescribed fires are lauding the progress state policymakers have made to accelerate the practice on private lands. While this puts California on equal footing with other Western states, ...

At 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 14, helicopter blades began slicing through the air on a grassy field above houses that overlooked Aspen Mountain. The blades beat faster and faster until the helicopter ...

Sen. Ron Wyden and others introduced a slightly altered version of legislation to encourage more controlled fires. Lawmakers in the Senate and House have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to boost ...

The agency said states shouldn’t discourage the use of prescribed wildland burning as they aim to meet federal air quality standards. Smoke from prescribed fires shouldn’t count against states’ ...

Top Stories from Jan. 2, 2026 SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Two prescribed burns will be conducted north of Interstate 10 ...

Wildfire season is over, but the weather is right for putting fire to work in preparation for the next one. A warm October and terrible mid-month air quality thanks to wildfires, like the Cedar Creek ...

We know home fire insurance policies have gotten more expensive and harder to obtain — especially in areas of the Western United States that are prone to wildfires. But there are other groups that ...

A new prescribed burn, named Apple Valley Meadow Brook Fb Fuel Reduction, was initiated today at 2:41 p.m. in Tuolumne County ...