An attorney representing the woman charged with sparking the March 1 Carolina Forest wildfire says his client is being ...

Living trees absorb carbon, aiding climate change mitigation. But what role do dead trees play in carbon storage? UVM researchers found that large, downed trees in streams tie up tremendous stores of ...

They grabbed a drip torch and walked down ... trees in the middle of the burn unit. A volunteer with the Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association drips diesel mixture on the forest floor.

“I burn the place down every few months,” Gerren said ... The state’s fire hazard map, updated last month, and a U.S. Forest ...

But conservation groups and forestry experts say cutting down more trees ... that burned is largely chaparral, a type of scrubland, said Ernesto Alvarado, a professor of forestry and forest ...

This mandate comes at a moment when the Trump administration is laying ... forests and public lands at the Sierra Club, said increasing timber production would likely target the larger, older ...

But conservation groups and forestry experts say cutting down more trees doesn't inherently ... of the 1900s mean that many U.S. forests – which evolved to burn every five to 30 years ...

Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina, where evacuation orders were in effect Tuesday.

Forest fires generally ignite and burn leaves, dried grasses ... These tiny insects burrow under the outer bark of the trees, laying eggs and building tunnels that interfere with the movement ...

South Carolina state parks have suffered tremendous damage as a result of Hurricane Helene and the current Upstate fires. The ...

Prospect Park and Marine Park are putting down biodegradable mesh and planting native species to recover from brush fires.