Erika Hoopes, spokesperson for the Big Cypress National Preserve, said a fire that ignited on Feb. 22 grew to just more than ...

The devastating wildfires in northern Canada in recent years have climate consequences that go far beyond smoke and carbon ...

Big Cypress National Preserve cuts a swath of 729,000 acres across south Florida. It is one of the largest preserves in the ...

Fire Capt. Yoshihiro Chiba spent 32 years in the fire service in his hometown of Ōfunato, Japan, and in that time he lived through one of the worst disasters of ...

A group of US Forest Service firemen walk down a road after a fire in the Los Padres National Forest in California. A new federal organization called the U.S. Wildland Fire Service has been ...

Wildfires have increased and leave landscapes, homes and livelihoods damaged. Washington needs a state-managed Wildfire Victims Fund funded by utility surcharge. Fund speeds recovery after fires but ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture have announced the coordinated action to implement President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14308, Empowering ...

The Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to a fast-moving wildland fire Wednesday at about 90 acres in size, located west of town near the lava hiking trail inlet south of U.S. Highway 20. Driven by ...

Burk Minor, the executive director and co-founder of the Boise-based Wildland Firefighter Foundation, isn’t much into talking about himself. He’ll make public appearances on occasion, but the ...

Authorities in Colorado closed Highway 40 near Dinosaur for several hours on Sunday after a vehicle fire sparked a wildland fire in the area. According to the Colorado State Patrol, an RV with a Ford ...

An executive order signed earlier this month by President Donald Trump would look to “consolidate” five federal wildland fire agencies into one. The U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...