Conventional wisdom holds that after fires, ranchers should defer grazing on burned areas for up to two seasons to allow for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s been an increased interest over the past few years in how prescribed burning can decrease risks of forest fires and help ...

Community members, agency staffers, landowners and researchers tend a prescribed burn in Placerville, California in February 2022. (Tim McConville/UC Davis) Prescribed fire, which mimics natural fire ...

Invasive woody plants present a major ecological challenge in eastern U.S. forests by outcompeting native species and spreading quickly, forming dense thickets that crowd out native plants and disrupt ...

Prescribed fire, which mimics natural fire regimes, can help improve forest health and reduce the likelihood of catastrophic wildfire. But this management tool is underused in the fire-prone U.S. West ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Johns River Water Management District officials maintain that they will help reduce risk of wildfire and enhance the land’s ...

Wildfire risk is a constant threat to San Diego County and residents know all too well the feeling of seeing a plume of smoke rising above the skyline. But not all vegetation fires are bad. In fact, ...

The Athens Prescribed Fire Science Lab is equipped with large fans that allow the team to simulate winds of up to 90 miles per hour, reproducing conditions of prescribed fire in the field. Prescribed ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...