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 ...

When two major wildfires burned through the Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021, they took thousands of giant sequoia trees with ...

The use of small, controlled burns to clear out flammable underbrush has saved thousands of giant sequoias from devastating wildfires, new research finds.

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 ...

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

Scientists are calling for wildlife surveys to be conducted within hours of prescribed burns after new research revealed that ...

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 ...

The public is invited to join The Yolo and Solano Prescribed Burn Associations (PBAs) for an informative social event including a BBQ potluck and tour of the post-fire restoration at Lake Solano ...

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 ...

Mder Pile Burn. A new prescribed burn, named Mder Pile Burn, was initiated 3:02 p.m. July 15 at in San Luis Obispo County, California. The prescr ...