By the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Over the last 21 years, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) has funded and supported essential...
When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may...
Forests managed by timber companies were more likely to exhibit the conditions that megafires love—dense stands of regularly spaced trees with continuous vegetation connecting the understory to the canopy. By Lisa Potter, University of Utah The odds of high-severity wildfire...
Timely action shows the impact of urban fires on freshwater and marine ecosystems. By Grace van Deelen, EOS As multiple...
How have scientists across Los Angeles used their skills to help their communities recover from the 2025 fires? by Kimberly...
When more densely populated Altadena and Pacific Palisades burned along with surrounding wildlands, hazards for residents didn’t stop when the fires were contained. By Kimberly M. S. Cartier, EOS The 2025 Palisades and Eaton Fires torched scrub-lined slopes of the...
This is the second installment of Mongabay’s coverage of active management tools for forest fires. Read Part 1. Photographs of...
By Faith Kearns, Arizona State University As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim...
By John Cannon, Mongabay On Sept. 8, 2020, a brush field in southern Oregon, in the northwestern U.S., caught fire. Over the next week, “walls” of flame tore through the towns of Talent and Phoenix in the Rogue River Valley....
University of Nevada, Reno researchers use the popular Lamoille Canyon recreation area to dig deeper into wildfires’ possible effects on...
By Gavin D. Madakumbura, University of California, Los Angeles and Alex Hall, University of California, Los Angeles Fire season is...
Human-caused climate change has pushed the onset of fire season in the state to as much as 46 days earlier than it was 30 years ago. By Grace van Deelen, EOS: Climate change warps the timing of natural processes. Scientists...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As wildfire conditions across California are expected to increase steadily through the summer, state officials...
Wildfires can burn so hot that they give rise to water-repellent soil, which could make ecosystems more susceptible to flooding....
Press release from the Wildfire Solutions Coalition A coalition of organizations announced today the formation of the Wildfire Solutions Coalition, a groundbreaking alliance of cross-sector leaders and organizations throughout the state to secure long-term, sustained funding for wildfire mitigation and...