The slow and bumpy 5-mile road to Fallen Leaf Lake, southwest of South Lake Tahoe, affords only one way in and one way out — ...

Prescribed burns are regularly conducted by fire specialists in Texas forests in an effort to clear ground-level foliage and ...

Gary Gerren, the affable fire chief in the community of Fallen Leaf Lake, is serious about protecting the few hundred full-time residents and the thousands of summer daytrippers who descend on his ...

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has several ongoing projects to improve the wildfire resiliency in at-risk ...

Illustration by study coauthor Jennifer Kalejs shows synthesis of ecosystem changes over successional time. Image courtesy: Jennifer KalejsStudy ...

Vermont is known for a plethora of outdoor adventures, from hiking the Green Mountains to boating on Lake Champlain. It also offers some of the most charismatic small towns in the U.S. (see: Stowe and ...

With the traditional "fire season" growing both earlier and later, Colorado lawmakers have introduced a string of bills to ...

The 90-acre pond forms the heart of the park, surrounded by wetlands and forests that create a perfect sanctuary for wildlife ...

The nearby Blue Ridge Parkway, often called “America’s Favorite Drive,” comes alive during spring months as dormant ...

Firefighting efforts continued across in southern Miami-Dade County, where a massive brush fire burned over 3,000 acres this ...