A group of Tuolumne County residents who appreciate and promote the importance of using fire as a land management tool recently hosted a “Good Fire Tour” on private properties — at Sardella Ranch ...

FELTON — As dozens of visitors filed into Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park Saturday morning, California State Parks staff ...

Have you ever driven down the road and seen a mountain of smoke rising from a nearby field?  Unless you were in the middle of ...

Fire can be an important tool in preventing future more destructive blazes. That’s the concept fire officials stress as they conduct a number of controlled burns throughout Sonoma County this month. A ...

For years, researchers have turned the hills above Stanford into a kind of working wildfire lab, experimenting with different methods of thinning out dry grass and other dangerous fuels. But now new ...

You’ve likely heard the expression "sometimes you have to fight fire with fire." That really is the idea behind prescribed burns, and they’re more important than most people appreciate, according to ...

There’s been an increased interest over the past few years in how prescribed burning can decrease risks of forest fires and help with conservation efforts. The Register-Guard talked with an expert to ...

Speakers to share guidelines for planning and conducting burns, having the necessary tools GARNETT, Kan. - K-State Research and Extension Frontier District, in partnership with the Anderson County ...

Bill Newman, who manages Top Ranch in Grant County, Ore., said wildfires happen in the region every year to some degree. “The fires aren’t the problem. The problem is the fuels built up on the ...

PELHAM – Oak Mountain State Park officials have announced a prescribed burn planned for this week, weather permitting. The prescribed fire is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28 or Thursday, Jan. 29, and ...

The Santa Clara County FireSafe Council is waiting on approval of a state $400,000 grant to set up a South Bay Prescribed Burn Association. Prescribed fire is the intentional and conditional use of ...