Smokey Bear, the beloved symbol of the U.S. Forest Service, turns 80 years old on August 9, 2024. He's been warning about forest fires and wildfires in the great outdoors for eight decades.

Ravalli County fire officials told county commissioners an “above average fire season" likely looms at their first fire ...

Only about 200 of California’s 625 fire lookout towers remain as more forests burn All of the state's towers were once manned, now only 50 are staffed.

Absolutely. Fires are an important part of the ecology. In a redwood forest, for instance, ... But thanks to fire prevention measures in the 20th century, that cycle has been interrupted, ...

This fact should inform forest management decisions on how to reduce future fire risk. We need timber, but it must be produced in ways that don’t endanger human lives or the environment .

The Keller Peak Fire Lookout near Running Springs in the San Bernardino National Forest is shown here in a 2021 file photo. With an elevation at 7,882 feet, the Keller Peak was the oldest lookout ...

A Myrtle Beach area resident faces charges as police say she started a blaze in her fire pit that led to the more than 2,000-acre Carolina Forest wildfire.

Firefighters swiftly responded to a small wildfire early Saturday morning, July 5, along Highway 39 above Crystal Lake in San ...