You might spot a mountain lion in California, but attacks like the one that killed a man are rare
LOS ANGELES — If hikers, bikers, campers, hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts haven’t encountered a mountain lion while in the
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Forests
A housing shortage is testing Oregon’s pioneering land use law. Lawmakers are poised to tweak it
PORTLAND, Ore. — A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s
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‘Burn, beetle, burn’: Hundreds of people torch an effigy of destructive bug in South Dakota town
In what’s become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy
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US moves to protect old growth forests as climate change threatens their survival
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration is moving to conserve groves of old-growth trees on federal land by revising management
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A US pine species thrives when burnt. Southerners are rekindling a ‘fire culture’ to boost its range
WEST END, N.C. — Jesse Wimberley burns the woods with neighbors. Using new tools to revive an old communal tradition,
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Fire, other ravages jeopardize California’s prized forests
KYBURZ, Calif. — On a steep mountainside where walls of flames torched the forest on their way toward Lake Tahoe
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US Forest Service burn began wildfire that almost reached Los Alamos, New Mexico, company says
The U.S. Forest Service says its personal prescribed burn began a 2022 wildfire that almost burned into Los Alamos, New
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