Spring in Tahoe enchants us. The scent of wet pine and fresh soil. The birds return before the area’s visitors, and trails ...

The Pagosa Ranger District anticipates timber harvesting and log hauling along several National Forest System roads through the end of the year.

More than 600 acres of land within East Bay parks will be cleared of dead trees and hazardous vegetation over the next three ...

President Donald Trump wants to log the nation's protected forests to reduce wildfire risk. Here's the USDA's plan.

It takes a lot of fuel to get an airplane up in the sky and keep it there—which means a lot of emissions. In fact, the airline industry produces more greenhouse gases than many major countries. Most ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is scheduled to begin hazardous fuels reduction mastication treatments in Meyers near the Pioneer Trail and U ...

Fuels reduction treatments are the Forest Service’s primary strategy for reducing high severity fire and increasing “resilience” in dry forests. These treatments typically involve cutting ...

BEND, Oregon — A federal judge rejected a last-minute request to delay Thursday’s eviction of nearly 150 homeless campers in the Deschutes National Forest. They’ll be forced to leave the ...

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- With favorable weather conditions in place, the Ochoco National Forest Monday it is beginning this year's prescribed fire operations this week on nearly 900 acres about ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - A draft strategic plan to reduce fuels in the Los Padres National Forest and help firefighting efforts has been prepared. The public can review it and comment ...

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing a project to ... The Hyalite Cottonwood Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project is proposed for 7,905 acres between Hyalite Canyon Road and the South Cottonwood ...

Mobilizing the National Guard is one suggestion with the establishment of base camps near where forest-clearing work is needed. An incident command system would be used to organize fuel-reduction ...