A recent study underscores how humanity’s success in extinguishing fires has allowed dead wood and other flammable material to pile up in ecosystems, putting communities at greater risk of ...

As wildfires grow in intensity and destroy communities across the West, electric utilities have come under more intense ...

If you want to impress your friends with your tree knowledge on your next hike, check out the upcoming class from UI ...

Clare Boerigter, a science writer specializing in wildland fire, and Jonathan Coop, a forest ecologist with Western Colorado ...

The Center's project involves small-tree thinning, prescribed burning, erosion control, and road removal, and is aimed at developing policy guidelines that will set rigorous standards for management ...

toppling trees and causing widespread damage. Among the hardest hit are Nick Ash and Sarah Wood, whose Placer County home was struck by a massive Ponderosa pine. The couple, who moved into their ...

With warmer and drier summers, Washington trees are not thriving, so county leaders hope to find more climate-resilient trees ...

A UC Davis field crew measures a large ponderosa pine while conducting forest inventory ... the area — share space with at least 13 other tree species. Yet despite its high conservation value ...