Modern wildfires are less frequent but more severe due to fire suppression and fuel buildup. Scientists urge prescribed burns ...

How to redesign a forest: restoring California’s trees in the age of fire How scientists are making sure increasingly powerful fires don't wipe out forests forever.

Modern forests burn less, but fuel buildup increases wildfire risk, making fires more intense and dangerous for forests and ...

For more than a century, conservation policy has focused on economic development and wisely using natural resources.

The Forest Service is looking to grow a greener future with a $265 million plan to keep 335,000 acres of critical forestlands. As reported by E+E Leader, the forests being funded span 34 states ...

More information: Sean A. Parks et al, A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025 ...

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 ...

DNR highlights four groomed cross-country ski trail systems, three trails for snowshoeing in Northwoods state forest.

San José, like many Latin American capitals ... This massive, sulphurous volcanic crater is surrounded by cloud forest, one of six distinct kinds here. This particular habitat is created by ...

Melting ice high up in the Rocky Mountains has revealed an impeccably preserved forest, frozen in time for thousands of years. Beartooth Plateau, which sits at an altitude of over 10,000 feet ...