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

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 ...

Two and a half hours north of Sacramento — halfway from anywhere — an ancient metal and wood observation tower perches atop a hillside. For 92 years, someone has kept watch from the Colby Mountain ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARADISE, Calif. — President Donald Trump walked through the ashes of the Northern California town of Paradise on Saturday, promising to help the state recover but repeating his disputed view that ...

Gary Maynard, 47, committed several arsons in the area of Lassen National Forest and Shasta Trinity National Forest in the past month, according to a criminal complaint filed in Sacramento. The ...