A new prescribed burn, named YRRD PILES - MADRONE RX, was initiated today at 7:50 a.m. in Nevada County, California. The ...

A Prescribed Burn Association member uses a drip torch to ignite a controlled burn at the Pacific Union College Forest on May ...

Though the lack of fires is a good indicator for the rest of the year, Clements said November in California has typically ...

That devastation — and the federal and state dollars it burns through in suppression and prevention costs — has caught the ...

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Most of the state received more than average precipitation in October — twice normal in many places, four times normal in San Jose.

Efforts to reduce wildfires in California are converging with this week's executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom. “California is not letting up when it comes to confronting the wildfire crisis." ...

California needs to burn vegetation both for wildfire mitigation and to generate power. So why do biomass energy projects keep leaving the state?

Efforts to reduce wildfires in California are converging with this week's executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

First, the bill calls for bigger “categorical exclusions” from the National Environmental Policy Act — growing from 3,000 acres to 10,000 acres for some types of projects in the high-risk firesheds — ...