A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...

Burn Permits for open burning in the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District are issued from Nov. 1 through March 31 each ...

Firefighters have been working since Saturday afternoon to contain a wildfire that broke out in Wharton State Forest in ...

At one point over the weekend, smoke from a South Jersey forest fire could be seen on weather radar, making its way from the ...

The NC Forest Service has issued a statewide burn ban starting at 8 a.m. on Friday, March 21. The burn ban will remain in ...

May. State Department of Environmental Conservation Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton announced the annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning began Sunday, March 16, and runs through ...

"It will not take much to get a brush or grass fire to flare up and rapidly spread," one meteorologist told Newsweek.

“After a dry and windy winter season ... annual brush burning ban since 2009, with the aim of preventing wildfires during heightened conditions for wildfires. Each year, forest rangers ...

Winter in the South can bring about a sharp change in conditions that impact forests and their many inhabitants. However, new research from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton has announced the annual statewide ...

Greater Gardner fire officials are urging residents to use caution with any open burning due to dry and windy conditions ...

With lower-than-normal rainfall, forest firefighting crews have responded to far more blazes. One saw flames shooting above 50-foot trees.