Officials say that if conditions remain within prescription, firefighters are also planning on treating approximately 38 ...

Officials in both Montgomery and San Jacinto counties have issued evacuation orders because of a wildfire burning in the Sam Houston National Forest. The Pauline Road Fire has burned 2,360 acres so ...

In California, firefighters have a true range of tools available to alert them of wildfires: live cameras mounted throughout forests, satellites orbiting Earth, pilots scanning the terrain in ...

April and May, forest fire wardens and local fire companies become busy with brush fires and larger forest fires. This springtime danger comes when bright sun, strong winds and warming temperatures ...

I couldn’t disagree more. My wife Linda and I have worked for the last seven years at Benchmark Lookout on the San Juan National Forest, a fire tower in the southwest corner of Colorado ...

Fire lookouts occupy an uncommon spot in the world ... Bill Moore is the son of Bud Moore, an early Forest Service employee and author of “The Lochsa Story.” Lookout towers became an integral ...

Firefighters continue preparing firebreaks and protecting structures in anticipation of elevated temperatures, high winds and ...

Meanwhile, recent major fires that prompted evacuations in the Panhandle and Central Texas were fully contained as of ...

Built in 1930 and 1931 for the purpose of fire detection, the historic lookout is a reminder of the early years of the U.S. Forest Service. Restoration efforts planned for the summer include the ...