Report Forecasts ‘Above-Normal’ U.S. Wildfire Season, Worse in Drought-Plagued West May 4, 2022 By Don Jergler The U.S. has in store an “above-normal” wildfire season if a prediction out on Wednesday from fire weather experts holds...
Masks Are Coveted Items With Covid and Smoke Sweeping West Coast September 25, 2020 By Richard Chess Lindsey Major, wracked with asthma, crisscrossed Seattle in search of an N95 mask as wildfire smoke blanketed the West Coast....
Air Quality Plummets as Wildfire Smoke Hits Alaska’s Most Populous Cities July 10, 2019 By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Smoke and soot from central Alaska wildfires have afflicted the subarctic city of Fairbanks with some of...
Wildfire Risk Rises as Temperature Increases August 22, 2018 By SETH BORENSTEIN As temperatures rise in the U.S. West, so do the flames. The years with the most acres burned by wildfires...
Decades Old Fire Lookouts Remain Crucial in Spotting Wildfires July 26, 2018 By KEITH RIDLER Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before...
Money Runs Low as Wildfires Continue to Torch Montana August 4, 2017 By MATT VOLZ Montana’s worst fire season in years is expected to scorch the drought-stricken landscape well into fall, long after the state’s...
Above Average Wildfire Risk Expected for Southwest, Florida May 3, 2017 By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Wildfires this summer are expected to be most severe in southwestern U.S. states, Florida, Georgia and in some parts of...
Oregon Firefighter Dies on Break During Wildfire Fight August 1, 2014 By JEFF BARNARD An Oregon firefighter died in a fall while on a break from battling a wildfire in the southern Cascade Range,...
National Wildfire Teams Getting Harder to Fill October 2, 2012 Officials with the National Interagency Fire Center are studying ways to boost recruitment for the teams that manage wildfires and...