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Warnings of critical fire conditions blanketed much of the U.S. Southwest on Saturday, as crews in northern New Mexico worked to stop the growth of the…
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In a California forest torched by wildfire last summer, researcher Anne Nolin examines a handful of the season’s remaining snow, now darkened by black…
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The Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability issued a first ever season-long advisory for ground-level ozone pollution and wildfire…
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This year’s wildfires have gotten so big they even have their own podcast.The new podcast Fireline explores the conflict between fire’s beneficial role in…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles of fuel breaks…
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Record-breaking wildfires in 2020 turned huge swaths of Western forests into barren burn scars. Those forests store winter snowpack that millions of…
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For many communities in the West, the water that flows out of kitchen faucets and bathroom showerheads starts high up in the mountains, as snowpack tucked…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have released a plan for removing or changing vegetation over a huge swath of the U.S. West to stop devastating…
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National Park Service hydrologist Erin White likes to call Yellowstone “America’s first water park.” It’s home to the headwaters of multiple major rivers…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire driven by strong winds has destroyed or damaged about 20 homes in a Reno neighborhood and forced the evacuation…