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 ...

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 ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Aynsley O’Neill with Amy Cardinal Christianson, a senior fire advisor with the Indigenous ...

Wildfires are becoming more intense and dangerous, but a new Stanford-led study offers hope: prescribed burns—intentionally set, controlled fires—can significantly lessen their impact. By analyzing ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Crew members from Nature Works LLC first ignited a fire in the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden's Exhibit Garden, before they moved on to the prescribed burn of the Dogwood Meadow. Fire might not be the ...

The weather forecast was checked and rechecked, safety zones had been selected, fallback plans and contingencies were formulated, and notifications were sent out to county 911 dispatch and local fire ...

Firefighters were ultimately able to control the Madre Fire, which burned more than 80,000 acres in San Luis Obispo County this month, thanks to wildfire prevention steps taken six months earlier.

OTHER’S AID IF ATTACKED. MEANWHILE, SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE SAYS IT’S ON A MISSION TO PREVENT FIRES FROM BREAKING OUT THIS SUMMER. IN ABOUT TWO HOURS, THEY WILL BE OUT IN THE MAYFAIR AREA DOING A ...

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 ...

As crews battle California’s largest wildfire of the year—a 70,800-acre blaze that have forced evacuations and closed a highway—many homeowners are preparing for such emergencies by burning their own ...