On Thursday night, while crews from across the country battled a wildfire in the dense woods of the White Mountain National Forest, residents of nearby communities and officials with the U.S. Forest Service crowded into the Shelburne Town Hall. The blaze, which according to officials grew to a peak of nearly 1,000 acres since it […]
CONCORD — At its 125th Annual Meeting the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has awarded its prestigious 2026 President’s Awa…
Earth's climate was so warm then that huge infernos regularly swept what is now snow and ice-covered Antarctica.
Researchers found that planting a range of tree species can play a "crucial" role in protecting forests from common extreme weather events.
Wildfire strategy tends to break into three distinct camps today, each focusing heavily on one approach over the others. Successful management requires them all.
The US has learned that it cannot suppress its way to a healthy relationship with fire in the West. That strategy failed, even before climate change proved it to be no strategy at all.
The courts have rejected similar arguments before. Meanwhile, maintenance costs are rising, and the Forest Service’s own data contradicts the administration’s wildfire claims.
Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead author of a new study writes.
Tropical forests store enormous amounts of carbon and harbor most of the world's terrestrial biodiversity.
We highlight ways to celebrate Wounaan wisdom, joy, beauty and resistance while discussing centuries of taking from Indigenous communities.