A new wildfire was reported today at 12:27 p.m. in Los Angeles County, California. Lake Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service. Currently, there is no ...

This article originally published at Forest Service lags on prescribed burns after Calif. loses 600-year-old trees to wildfire. To accomplish this feat, the team used fishing rods, long slotted spoons ...

That devastation — and the federal and state dollars it burns through in suppression and prevention costs — has caught the ...

Governor Newsom issues an executive order to expand California's use of beneficial fire techniques for wildfire prevention.

A team of researchers has mapped the tree canopies at public schools across California. What they've found so far is that ...

The Northwest Forest Plan has long protected vulnerable species like spotted owls in federal forests along the West Coast.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. Forest Service is reversing its decades-long ban on federal firefighters wearing masks and providing N95s ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The Trump administration’s plan to repeal a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of ...

Wild gray wolves have killed dozens of livestock in the Sierra Nevada mountains in recent months, prompting California ...

ALTURAS, Calif. -- A U.S. Forest Service firefighter from South Dakota has been killed battling one of more than a dozen wildfires raging across California, Forest Service officials said Friday night.