New research shows that while rich neighborhoods are more likely to burn, they also generally recover faster from fires.

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Tahoe Forest Products secures $50 million in USDA-backed loans to scale up operations.

Wildland firefighting is increasingly facing an intractable reality: We’re stuck in a vicious cycle. A doom loop.

The state has its own massive fleet and deep pockets — but a new federal "full suppression" strategy and deadly firefighter deaths are testing even California's resources.

With a looming shortage of forestry workers in California, UC Cooperative Extension forester Susie Kocher is encouraging community college students to pursue a career in forestry.

The research supports the state's efforts to diversify stands that have been devastated by pine beetle infestations and drought.

“Apocalyptic” wildfires have forced the evacuation of the whole of the French peninsula of Cap Ferret, with tourists fleeing the flames by boat.

When two major wildfires burned through the Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021, they took thousands of giant sequoia trees with them. Without prescribed burns, thousands more would have died, according to...

Two firefighters died in France, and another died in Italy while working to tackle wildfires that have devastated Europe this week. #EuropeNews

A bright and vibrant blue morning sky and a strong sun shone over Greenville Saturday, July 18, greeting the town for its annual Gold Diggers Day event.

David Lile, UC Cooperative Extension natural resources and livestock advisor, retired on July 1, 2026, after 30 years of serving Lassen County residents.

For the first time in California, eight incarcerated students have earned Associate of Science degrees in Forestry through the Lake Tahoe Community College Rising Scholars Program, a development the C...

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California Governor Gavin Newsom in a Partnership Between the California Conservation Corps (CCC) and CAL FIRE Announces Major Hiring Milestone With Over 1,000 Young Adults Entering the Wildland Firef...

A UC Davis study finds every dollar spent on forest fuel treatments saves $3.75 in wildfire damages.

Many of the nation's overgrown forests are at high risk of burning. Under the Trump administration, work to reduce flammable vegetation fell by more than a million acres compared to previous years.

It has been widely reported that March was a disaster for California’s snowpack, with record-shattering heat and dryness. But did a relatively cool and rainy April make up for it?

California has one of the highest rates of wildfire-driven deforestation in the world, and the trend has accelerated over the past three decades, according to a UC Davis study.

The wildfire that destroyed homes left behind trees that are risk of crashing down.

After months of contentious debate, California officials visited Calabasas this week to float their new proposed rules on fire-safe landscaping in foothill communities.

The California Board of Forestry published a new draft plan for landscape rules in wildfire-prone areas of the state.

A major reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service is raising concerns about potential impacts to wildfire research and preparedness as California heads into peak fire season.

For decades, there was no record of Andrena rehni exisiting in the US. In 2018 it was found in Maryland and five years later I found it in New York State

Oregon scientists have spent decades figuring out which trees can survive invasive blister rust fungus, which has wiped out millions of whitebark pine trees across the West and threatens the survival ...

A forest carbon sequestration project that once generated millions of dollars for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs has ended after wildfire tore through more than half of the enrolled […]

Six months after a California wildfire destroyed dozens of homes in the Tuolumne County community of Chinese Camp, officials say debris removal is now complete and properties are being returned to the...

New research recommends that forest managers work in and adjacent to recent wildfire footprints to increase the pace and scale of fuel treatments.

Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.

Topics for the February webinar series include water resource contamination, soil contamination and remediation, backyard chicken and livestock safety, and rebuilding and structure loss.