Western forests are still burning too infrequently for their own good, a finding that may seem paradoxical to Arizonans anticipating a dangerous fire year after a drought-plagued winter. New research ...

The Carson National Forest announced pile burns will continue around the Enchanted Circle as soon as Friday (Jan. 16). Pile ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team forest thinning projects are underway in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These projects are expected to continue for the next several weeks with some projects ...

A proposal to use thinning and prescribed burning to remove vegetation across portions of the Flathead National Forest ...

Forest thinning increases water supplies downstream while reducing wildfire risk, according to a study conducted by Salt River Project and Arizona State University. Land managers and scientists knew ...

It was a mountain biker on a trail in Bend in 2022 who first spotted the pod of large old Ponderosa pines marked for cutting. The biker alerted local environmental groups, including the Bend office of ...

RENO, Nev. —Thinning of forests, generally undertaken to reduce dangers from wildfire and restore the forest to a more natural state, also can create more mountain runoff to mitigate drought effects ...

An ongoing study by a Cal Poly Humboldt professor seeks to find whether thinning in Redwood National Park helped local forests weather last year’s Lost Fire, which scorched roughly 800 acres. Forest ...

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Deschutes National Forest said Tuesday it's signed the final decision for the 2,800-acre Cougar Rock Restoration Project north of Sisters, consisting of thinning, mowing and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — In a win for conservation groups, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Forest Service from relying on a ...

A recent study highlights how forest thinning significantly influences the ability of forests to store or release carbon. Thinning, the practice of removing some trees to promote the growth of others, ...