A 20 year study in the sierra nevada is now shedding light and facts that this – prescribed burns – helps the forest and ...

On a windy November morning in Mono County, California, a sudden wildfire caught everyone off guard. The fire started near McGee Creek Road at 11:15 a.m. on November 13, 2025, and rapidly spread.

A wildfire near Crowley Lake on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada broke out midday Thursday and is rapidly spreading in southern Mono County, less than 20 miles south of Mammoth Mountain. The Pack ...

Up until the 1890s, the tribal people residing in Sierra Nevada’s forests manually initiated small-scale brush fires to keep the ecosystem healthy. But then entered into picture human intellect.

Lake Tahoe’s forests are beloved by many for their beauty. Yet they are vulnerable. Tahoe forests, like those throughout the Sierra Nevada, have lost much of their resilience due to overcrowding ...

A two-decade-long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests' long-term ability to store carbon ...

SHINGLE SPRINGS, Calif. -- Fire crews gained ground Tuesday on two of the largest wildfires in California, lifting evacuation orders for about half the homes in the path of a blaze in Yosemite ...

A lightning-sparked wildfire has torn through a grove of ancient giant sequoia trees in California’s Sierra National Forest, with some of the majestic specimens catching fire. The blaze, known as the ...

The Garnet Fire has scorched nearly 60,000 acres of the Sierra Nevada in central California. The wildfire burning in the mountains northeast of Fresno was 85% contained as of Tuesday, Sept. 16, after ...