Earth is a uniquely fire planet, and humanity a uniquely fire creature, and the ecology of their interactions is both ancient and profound. Fire is an ecological shape-shifter. As a reaction ...

Indigenous communities practiced controlled burning with deep knowledge of local ecosystems, emphasizing the importance of ...

Fire is a consistent thread in my research, and I study fire ecology across a broad range of scales from individual trees to entire regions. I am also a member of the CoLaborative for Intersectoral ...

Hundreds of Ravalli County students recently took part in a wildfire ecology and preparedness program. Over 380 fifth-grade ...

Few things are more satisfying than learning how to use a dichotomous key and run a prescribed burn. On a drizzly day in late ...

The Thiells Fire Department responded to a reported brush fire on Ecology Lane Monday. Upon arrival, crews found 20-30-foot flames engulfing the brush. A brush truck and tanker were requested to ...

LNU Lightning Complex Fires are impossible to erase from the minds of those in communities affected by them. Fires burned ...

Fire has played a major role in shaping the world's grasslands and forests. Attempts to eliminate it have introduced problems fully as serious as those created by accidental conflagrations ...

A brush truck and tanker were requested to the scene, and Joint Regional Sewage Co. provided a tanker truck to help knock down the bulk of the fire.

“Really just trying to bring that ‘good fire’ back into our ecology. Historically a lot of these areas burned every three to seven years.” The groups are getting what's called Firefighter ...

This involves a range of tools, including field and laboratory studies, remote sensing and process-based modeling. Faculty in fire ecology span many areas of expertise, including ecology, hydrology, ...