On April 12 this year, a human-caused wildfire ignited at the Turkey Tracks Shooting Range in Colorado’s high country, eventually burning 128 acres of grass, dead and downed trees and shooting debris.

New research from Western Colorado University shows that the long-held conventional belief about aspen trees being resilient to wildfires is more than just an anecdotal assumption. Matt Harris, a ...

A fire ignited in the Covington Flats area of Joshua Tree National Park on Friday afternoon and burned 175 acres and several Joshua trees in a region that experts say is critical to the species’ ...

I have written three articles about the decline of animals in Eagle County and wider areas. There is, however, another worrisome decline. The environment around us is changing, including issues with ...

The Garnet Fire burning in the Sierra National Forest burned through a grove of giant sequoias on Tuesday, setting some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland firefighters with tree-climbing ...

TOIMI — When Nate Eide was on the south end of Murphy Lake last month, he was helping supply water to crews battling the Camp House Fire as a new volunteer firefighter on the Two Harbors Fire ...

Giant sequoias can live for thousands of years, but wildfires have killed staggering numbers of the trees in recent years. By Soumya Karlamangla California fire crews are scrambling to save a grove of ...

LACEY TOWNSHIP — It might sound like something straight from the script of a Hollywood disaster thriller: a massive forest fire reaching a mothballed nuclear power plant where reactor fuel that will ...

BENEZETTE, Pa. (WTAJ) — Emergency crews were battling a forest fire in Elk County as flames spread across brush and trees toward a popular tourist spot. Dispatchers confirmed to WTAJ that the fire ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

Beech Leaf Disease, caused by foliar nematodes, is devastating beech trees in Oakland Forest and other areas. A research study is underway to test treatments, including fungicide injections and tree ...