All eyes are on the Rim fire in California, yet for the fifth time in 10 years, our nation is...
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Fighting wildland fires is grimy, exhausting, dangerous and impressive. When smokejumpers do the work, parachuting in to wage the initial...
An assessment by the El Paso County health department has found damage to dozens of wells that supply water to...
Scientists say the deadly Arizona wildfire and other blazes raging across the West are becoming more common as the planet...
With another extreme Western fire season predicted, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell are visiting the...
New York conservation officials say continuing dry weather has raised the danger of wildfires, advising rural and suburban residents that...
When scientists torched an entire 22-acre watershed in Portugal in a recent experiment, their research yielded a counterintuitive result: Large,...
Colorado lawmakers are close to agreement on a slate of insurance changes inspired by homeowners’ complaints after last year’s wildfires....
The wildfire season that Coloradans have been nervously awaiting arrived in a wind-whipped frenzy in the foothills near Fort Collins....
Colorado State Senator Mark Udall says replacement air tankers may not be available to fight wildfires this summer. Udall says...