UCCS associate professor Christine Biermann discusses the ways that fire shapes the natural environment and how human ...

UBC forestry researcher Dr. Monika Fischer studies how fire-loving fungi like Pyronema and Neurospora help B.C. forests recover after wildfires by stabilizing soil, cycling nutrients and cleaning ...

A land manager examines young longleaf pines, some in their grassy phase, in a private forest in South Carolina. AP Photo/James Pollard For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural ...

In 2019 and again in 2021, Penn State researchers in the Department of Geography walked a series of 1,000 square foot plots in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park. The goal was to see how the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the aftermath of Australia’s “Black Summer” bushfires of 2019–20, few policy questions have proved as persistent as how, exactly, to live with ...

When people think of fungi, most tend to picture mushrooms, the spore-bearing bodies of some fungi that are typically found growing in soil or on trees. However, the whole fungal kingdom is so much ...

Long-term research in California shows that many bird populations increase after wildfires and can remain more abundant in burned areas for decades, especially following moderate fires. Although some ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new analysis shows that the Pacific Northwest’s mature and old-growth forests are most at risk of severe wildfire in areas that historically burned frequently at lower severity.

ASHEVILLE - The U.S. Forest Service is conducting prescribed burns on thousands of acres in the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests to reduce hazardous fuels over the next two months. The fires will ...

Dismantling environmental protections is in vogue, even those enhancing safety and economic prosperity. But California is bucking the trend and now on the verge of modernizing how its 14 Demonstration ...