Tag: US Forest Service
Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t...
Courtney Schultz, Colorado State University; Forrest Fleischman, University of Minnesota, and Tony Cheng, Colorado State University
The western United...
Why protecting wildland is crucial to American freedom and identity
Leisl Carr Childers, Colorado State University and Michael Childers, Colorado State University
As summer approaches, millions of Americans begin...
Forest Service warns of budget cuts ahead of a risky wildfire...
Camille Stevens-Rumann, Colorado State University and Jude Bayham, Colorado State University
A wet winter and spring followed by a...
Climate change and forest management have both fueled today’s epic...
Steven C. Beda, University of Oregon
What is driving the wildfires that are ravaging California, Oregon and Washington? President Trump and state officials have offered...
Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of...
Courtney Schultz, Colorado State University; Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon, and Heidi Huber-Stearns, University of Oregon
As spring settles in across the United States, western...
A high-adrenaline job: 5 questions answered about fighting wildfires
Michael Kodas, University of Colorado
Editor’s note: More than 1.2 million acres are currently burning across much of the West, Alaska and Florida. In California,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Pregnant women face tough choices about medication use due to lack...
Almut Winterstein, University of Florida and Sonja Rasmussen, Johns Hopkins University
A panel convened in July 2025 by the...
