wildfire season

A new study shows that grassland fires burn more land and destroy more homes than forest fires. Yet more homes are being built in these fire-prone areas across the nation, including the Mountain West.

Wildfire activity across the country is well below normal this year. But that’s expected to change in August in some states, including parts of the Mountain West.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending nearly $200 million to reduce wildfire risk to communities nationwide, including many parts of the Mountain West.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending more than $490 million to reduce wildfire risk in the West.

A new study reveals that publicly traded companies in the West rarely disclose risks posed by wildfires in their federal filings.

A new study shows wildfires are burning more high-elevation areas, and that’s impacting the snowpack across the West.

A new analysis shows that the number of homes, businesses and other structures destroyed by wildfires is rising around the West as fires grow in severity and frequency.

A new study shows that many Americans living in wildfire-prone areas have homes that are not built with wildfire in mind.

With wildfire seasons growing longer and stronger across the Mountain West, companies that do prevention work are staying busy.

A panel of fire science experts convened at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno to discuss the extent of the devastation caused by climate-driven wildfires and their predictions for the 2022 fire season.