Wildfires

New research published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that snow is melting earlier – often in the winter. That’s a bad sign for the Mountain…

Many oil, gas and coal-dependent communities around the Mountain West are concerned about the Biden administration's aggressive stance on climate change.…

A new report could help you analyze wildfire risks to homes in your state, county or community.The nonprofit Headwaters Economics put together this new…

The ever-increasing number of wildfires in the West is sobering. But put the statistics aside and you'll find countless stories of loss and…

Whether you get the help you need after a wildfire may depend on how wealthy or White your neighborhood is, a new paper suggests.

This year was historic for wildfires. Smoke from western states was detected across the United States and as far as Europe. As climate change continues to…

This interview originally aired Sept. 15, 2020.For folks in the fire science world, the smoke that has engulfed most of the western United States is not…

Firefighters have long studied how fires behave to figure out where they’re going and how to keep people safe. But wildfires are becoming more…

A bipartisan group of Western lawmakers have signed onto a new federal bill that aims to reduce the damages of wildfire.The legislation, called the…

The West is experiencing record-breaking fires this year, and that’s affecting recreationists, including hunters. The Badger Fire, in the Sawtooth…