Rain Brings Relief to Massive New Mexico Wildfire May 17, 2022 By Susan Montoya Bryan Lightning sparked a few new small fires in the drought-stricken Southwest Monday but the thunderstorms brought welcome rain to the...
How Climate Change Is Fueling More Intense Global Wildfires May 16, 2022 By Brian K. Sullivan Already, 2022 is taking its place in a pantheon of years that have seen the nature of fire change —...
California Water Use Up Dramatically Amid Worsening Drought May 12, 2022 By Adam Beam California’s water use jumped dramatically in March, state officials said Tuesday, as one of the driest stretches on record prompted...
Wisconsin Officials Issue Wildfire Warnings May 10, 2022 Wisconsin officials issued wildfire warnings across the state this past weekend. The state Department of Natural Resources has listed 52...
Crews in New Mexico, Arizona Work to Corral Wildfires May 10, 2022 By Cedar Attanasio and Susan Montoya Bryan Firefighters in northern New Mexico worked in rugged terrain ahead of a massive wildfire, feverishly trying to position crews to...
Artificial Intelligence Being Used to Battle Western Wildfires May 9, 2022 By Judith Kohler With wildfires becoming bigger and more destructive as the West dries out and heats up, agencies and officials tasked with...
Report Forecasts ‘Above-Normal’ U.S. Wildfire Season, Worse in Drought-Plagued West May 4, 2022 By Don Jergler The U.S. has in store an “above-normal” wildfire season if a prediction out on Wednesday from fire weather experts holds...
Florida Panhandle Wildfire Forces Evac of Areas Still Recovering from Hurricane Michael March 7, 2022 Hundreds of residents near Panama City, Florida, were forced to evacuate from a wildfire that destroyed at least two homes...
New Jersey Initiates Controlled Burns to Lessen Fire Risk in Pinelands March 7, 2022 By Wayne Parry New Jersey environmental officials are fighting fire with fire, using so-called “controlled burns” to reduce the risk of future wildfires...
California Budget Aims to Tackle Climate Change, Wildfires, Crime January 12, 2022 California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $286.4 billion budget that sets off months of budget talks with his fellow Democrats,...