The soon-to-expire arrangement was an off-budget disaster fund that kicks in when regular appropriations for fire suppression ...

The Laguna Fire burns along a canyon ridge July 4. As many as 27% of US Forest Service jobs remain vacant as of July 17, according to a Pro Publica analysis. Despite the Trump administration’s public ...

The Fix Our Forests Act doesn't address the root causes of wildfires.

President Donald Trump and his top Cabinet officials have repeatedly blamed the most catastrophic wildfires on poor forest management. His administration, however, appears to be lagging on that very ...

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The Department of the Interior (DOI) has formally announced the establishment of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS), a ...

The station will also house the Feather River Hotshot crew, with construction plans including rooms for sleeping and living.

Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service gather to pray on Jan. 15, 2025, in Altadena amid deadly wildfires that raged across the Los Angeles area. (Photo by John Locher/Associated Press) President ...

DULUTH, Minn. - Nearly one year after a tiny wilderness fire exploded into Minnesota's largest forest fire in more than 70 years, a temporary U.S. Forest Service policy will now put that kind of fire ...

The facility is scheduled for completion by winter 2026. Known as the Feather River Work Center, it will accommodate the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Fire management of two Colorado blazes will be turned over to Type 3 Incident Management Teams on Wednesday as the fires grow in Eagle and Chaffee counties. The two fires are called ...

This article first appeared at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Despite the Trump ...