Giant ponderosa pines—some of the last remaining in ... to reduce its risk of drought or catastrophic wildfire. The fire-adapted forest has also not experienced fire for at least 120 years.

Authors of a fire modeling study focused on one of the few remaining old-growth forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin are pointing ...

Clare Boerigter, a science writer specializing in wildland fire, and Jonathan Coop, a forest ecologist with Western Colorado ...

Flames surged through the pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Southwest, the ponderosa pine stands ... decades working in fire management for the federal government. The Forest Service touts a record ...

Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir forest burned in the 1994 Idaho City Complex Fire on the Boise National Forest in Idaho, and little regeneration has occurred since. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Amy Alonzo, the Nevada Independent For years, land managers discussed developing a fuel treatment plan for the Beaver Creek ...

Ancient ponderosa pines that once grew in a open-canopied forest now confront waves of fire-intolerant firs and incense cedars that have taken advantage of a century of fire suppression.