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Understanding how rural communities use fire is the first step in managing it.
Traditional burning in Uttarakhand shows how communities live with fire, yet what they do is often misinterpreted as dangerous.
Uncertainty from Washington along with staff and budget cuts have created turmoil for the US Forest Service’s fire management efforts.
There’s a strong case to be made for private landholders to conduct their own cool burns, for dual purposes of reducing fuel load and restoring the ecology.
A hot, dry summer on the heels of a wet winter raises the risk of wildfires.
Forest thinning and controlled burns take away fuel for fires, but the US can only treat so many acres. Which ones to choose?
Canada has had over 2,000 wildfires already this year – here’s why.
Controlled burns can benefit ecosystems and prevent wildfires burning out of control.
Pristine and beautiful or black and dirty? As bushfires become more frequent and we look to Indigenous fire control practices, it is time to reconsider our attitudes to burnt earth.
New research has found the window of opportunity for hazard reduction burns won’t actually get smaller, but instead change seasons.
Expanding planned burning is often touted as a way to lessen the risk of bushfires. But this burn-off season is bad news for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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