Wildfire season in South Carolina typically runs from late winter into early Spring, where the late-April showers help dampen the region and stop many fires from spreading out of control, but in the ...

There’s been an increased interest over the past few years in how prescribed burning can decrease risks of forest fires and help with conservation efforts. The Register-Guard talked with an expert to ...

The South Florida Water Management District is conducting a 3,000-acre prescribed burn in the C-43 Reservoir in western ...

Smoke from Arizona's controlled burns can be visible for miles, often causing people to wonder if a wildfire has ignited nearby. However, these controlled burns are an essential part of a strategy to ...

Environmentalists debate whether controlled burns should be part of forest management. Some believe that the practice does a good job of weeding out invasive species and creating healther ecosystems.

Controlled burns are used in Minnesota to restore prairie land, stimulate plant growth and avoid wildfires. While beneficial, conducting prescribed fires requires training and careful planning due to ...

After more than a century of fire suppression in California’s forests, mounting evidence shows that frequent fire — through practices like prescribed fire or Indigenous cultural burning — can improve ...

A two-decade-long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests' long-term ability to store carbon ...

PRESCRIBED BURN IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. SUE MYERS AND THE TEAM AT PITTSBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN TRIED EVERYTHING TO MANAGE THE INVASIVE LESPEDEZA CUNEATA, OR CHINESE BUSHCLOVER, A PLANT THAT HADN’T BEEN SEEN ...

Fort McCoy’s prescribed burn team held a final burn for the spring season April 23 along Badger Drop Zone on the installation’s South Post covering dozens of acres to reduce wildfire risk in that area ...