Fire officials weren't declaring victory against the 9,700-acre Crabapple Fire, as windy conditions increase the risk it ...

It is commonly assumed that as forest ecosystems age, they accumulate and store (sequester) more carbon. A study based at the ...

A wildfire on Wednesday night had burned about 150 acres with 50% containment in Franklin Township, according to a report ...

Firefighters are preparing to conduct prescribed burns in the Daniel Boone National Forest this Spring, according to the ...

The state’s plan to cut nearly 175 acres of pine plantations in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest was presented in a small ...

Hedstrom said when doing fire mitigation through forest thinning ... that carbon is meant to go back into the forest soil which helps replenish soil carbon and nutrition. "But, that wood doesn ...

State Fire Warden William "Bill" Donnelly said ... Greg McLaughlin looks at measures of humidity, wind speeds and soil moisture within the forest floor. As the state Department of Environmental ...

The Florida Forest Service IMT is in South Carolina ... with fire suppression in the southeastern area of the fire, as boggy soils limit bulldozer access. Aerial resources will work with ...

The U.S. Forest Service built the fire sciences lab in 1960, inspired by a forest fire that killed 13 firefighters. The facility includes a 66-foot-high combustion chamber that allows for intense ...