Fandango Fire initially started today at 12:46 a.m. in Modoc County, California. It has burned 10 acres after being active ...

A rapidly growing wildfire known as the Wolf Fire has exploded across more than 2,400 acres in Southern California, fueled by ...

Max Fire initially started today at 1:11 p.m. in Fresno County, California, an increase of 70 acres since the last update. At ...

Rural counties are looking for a technological breakthrough to turn millions of tons of wood chips into something other than ...

From high-altitude surveillance to controlled burns, drones are transforming California’s wildfire response in 2025.

California authorities say the sweeping DOGE staffing cuts at the U.S. Forest Service will mean fewer prescribed burns ...

A team of Stanford scientists found that pre-burning certain areas reduced the severity of future wildfires by as much as 16% ...

As California burns, some ecologists say it’s time to rethink forest management Chad Hanson, ecologist and president of the John Muir Project, walks andexamines the burn scar region of the San ...

California is calling upon Native American tribes to bring back the once-prohibited practice of lighting controlled burns to help prevent devastating wildfires that have wreaked havoc on the state.

Last year, California and federal officials committed to treating a million acres of forest land annually via prescribed burns and other methods by 2025, more than ever before — but it’s a ...

But California is not currently on pace to complete that monumental task any time soon. Prescribed burns can be done by individuals, the state, or federal staff, depending on who owns the land.