U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand raise alarm about threat to "crown jewel" of Finger Lakes region.

Data shows Ravalli County, Mont., an area seeing explosive population and development growth, is at higher wildfire risk than ...

We’re on pins and needles all summer long. So much of the forest is at a close proximity to private lands and structures," ...

President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the U.S. Forest Service has a history of clashing with the very agency that he ...

Michael Boren, nominated by President Trump, is accused of threatening trail workers with a helicopter, building an airstrip ...

The Forest Service is an agency with a big purview: It manages almost 200 million acres of public lands across the United ...

"With the recent above-average temperatures and the absence of previous and predicted moisture, the fuels are drying out ...

Hopson joins the Lassen National Forest after serving as Deputy Director of the Ecosystem Management staff within the Pacific Southwest Region of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest ...

The 1,000-hour fuels category describes dead branches and trees between 3 and 8 inches in diameter. It takes longer for ...

Both dogs, Bess and Beetle, also survived. Beetle was found by a hiker and returned to Stringham, who, after helping the ...

Potentially dangerous and possibly record-breaking warm weather is headed to western Montana this weekend. On Thursday, the ...

When fire danger is moderate, fires can readily start in open, dry grasslands and can spread quickly, especially on windy days. There was particular concern for Thursday afternoon when the National ...