A new study reveals how forest management informed by Indigenous practices creates unexpected benefits for drought-prone ...

You might appreciate snowpack as something to sled, ski, or snowboard on. But beyond the slopes, vast masses of snow melt as ...

A new study shows that forest thinning not only protects against wildfires, but also helps conserve water and replenish the existing natural and human-made reservoirs.

While the weather is sure to draw more people outside, the U.S. Forest Service is getting ready to shut down a big area at ...

The U.S. Forest Service is set to embark on a project to thin and treat 2,800 acres of trees and plant life in northern ...

Snowpack is often described as the West’s largest natural reservoir, storing water through the winter and slowly releasing it into rivers and reservoirs each spring. But new research suggests the way ...

A recently published scientific study has found that common wildfire reduction strategies in the Southwest – like tree thinning and prescribed burning – are detrimental for some declining bird ...

The project covers 22,000 acres of national forest system lands and 6,000 acres of private land.

Most of Europe's original natural forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper, ...

Snowpack in the West is facing a historic drought, and new research from the University of Washington shows that forest thinning with modern tools cannot only reduce wildfire risk, but it can also ...

The Custer Gallatin National Forest has authorized a project across more than 19,200 acres near Cooke City to protect the mountain community from wildland fires.

UW researchers, including members of the RAPID facility, fly a drone along Cle Elum Ridge in the Eastern Cascades. The drone was equipped with a lidar sensor that helped the team build a detailed 3D ...