wildfires

This year’s already strong El Niño is strengthening, a trend with potentially significant implications for the intense – and now tragic – fire season.

Firefighters will now be able to use N95 masks on the fireline – building on a more limited, voluntary rollout of masking that started last fall. There will also be expanded access to showers, time for routine gear cleaning and so-called “clean air recovery periods” that can limit other risks.

Prescribed fires can reduce wildfire risk while also improving wildlife habitat, according to a new study from the Nature Conservancy.

Officials are anticipating fewer July wildfires in the northeast corner of the state. Parts of the south still remain above normal fire potential.

Tom Schultz, the head of the U.S. Forest Service, provided a pointed appraisal of the nation’s forests during a gathering of governors from western states. Acres burned are up 50% compared to the 20‑year average, forest leader says

Low morale, staffing woes and health worries are among the top issues shared by hundreds of federal wildland firefighters who responded.

250th revelers should stay alert around fire, water and cars, first responders say.

Following the burnover deaths of three wildland firefighters near the Utah-Colorado border last weekend, a top federal fire official has strong words of warning ahead of Independence Day – the single biggest day for human-started fires.

Lawmakers passed a bevy of bills to change and fund education, health and incentivize National Guard and wildland fire positions, among other things.

The public is asked to avoid the Kinky Creek area in the Gros Ventre Wilderness.