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A recent study says the American West should be doing more prescribed burns to keep forests healthy and to help lessen the impacts of wildfires across...
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The longest-running public service campaign is tied to a reduction in wildfires, but in some ways Smokey's message may have worked too well. Here's how he's changed.
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Several utility companies in the West have announced they will institute power blackouts in areas with high fire risk when conditions are particularly bad.
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Wildfire season is around the corner in the Mountain West. Prescribed burns are just one way to reduce wildfire risk. That's because, in the right...
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A few months ago, John Parker retired and moved into a salmon-colored log house on a mountain called Tungsten in unincorporated Boulder County."Just to…
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Just two months after a wildfire wiped out Paradise, California, officials are gearing up for this year's fire season and fear the government shutdown…
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A new Executive Order posted Monday in the Federal Register is aimed at fire risk reduction. It prioritizes "active management" on about eight million...
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Target shooting is a popular activity on public lands across our region. It's also the second leading human cause of wildfires.
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The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last month earmarked billions of dollars for fighting wildfires. Many conservationists and politicians...
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For years, Western lawmakers have been trying to change the way we fight wildfires, or at least the way the government funds such work. Now, they may…