The federal government owns 61% of Idaho, much of it wilderness, and last year's wildfires burned 640,000 acres, primarily in federally managed a ...

Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher brought federal and state officials together on January 31, 2025, to curtail the 2025 wildfire ...

USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at ...

With the growth of fire hazards there is impetus to develop new technologies to remotely monitor and quantify wildfires.

Certain fuels burn hotter and faster than others, a lesson quickly taught to new firefighters. “It lights up like gasoline” ...

Michael Boren nominated for under secretary of agriculture for natural resources and environment; Tom Schultz tapped to be ...

Cheatgrass was brought into the US in the 1880s and made its way into every county in Idaho by the 1980s. Once it dries up in ...

The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it ...

In the early part of the 20th century, the newly established U.S. Forest Service built fire lookout ... The system was motivated by the Great Fire of 1910 that burned 3 million acres in Washington, ...

With national interest focused on the California fires raging in both the state’s mountains and cities, Idaho Fish and Game recently published a press release about the effect forest fires have ...