Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...

Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires, according to research published in Nature Communications. The findings ...

Modern forests burn less, but fuel buildup increases wildfire risk, making fires more intense and dangerous for forests and ...

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Fewer wildfires burn in ... Station compared wildfire frequency between two time periods: 1984 to 2022 and 1600 to 1880. Scientists analyzed 1,850 tree-ring records in historically burned areas and ...

CAL FIRE IS ROLLING OUT NEW MAPS THIS WEEK, SHOWING THE ZONES THAT ARE UPDATED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF HOW THIS COULD AFFECT THIS AREA. WE START WITH ...

The city of Auburn is one area with a big increase compared to the last time the Cal Fire maps were updated in 2011. Eric Egli's Auburn home now sits in a new Cal Fire designated very high ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A full house of worried Deschutes County residents showed up Wednesday as county commissioners discussed the state’s recently revised wildfire hazard map, as many residents ...

Federal workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are on high alert as they monitor signs of a potential Trump administration overhaul of one of the government's main ...