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I continuously see articles in the media about “good fire, ” defined as frequent and low–severity. In other words, such fire seldom kills mature trees. These fires, we are told, mimic “hi...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/09/11/the-good-fire-bad-fire-myth/

A recent paper from the Forest Service predicts higher costs for fire fighting. The title: Economic Risks: Forest Service Estimates Costs of Fighting Wildfires in a Hotter Future. The Climate Fin...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/09/06/how-to-reduce-fire-fighting-costs/

A recent announcement from UC Davis proclaimed, “Less Severe Forest Fires Can Reduce Intensity of Future Blazes,” and got plenty of play in regional newspapers. But like so many scientific pa...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/08/24/the-nuance-in-fire-research-reporting/

The sagebrush steppe dominates the drier parts of the West, including parts of Southeast Oregon, much of Nevada, southern Idaho, western Wyoming, western Colorado, western Utah, and parts of New ...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/08/17/forbs-and-sage-grouse/

Impacts are Equal to Population multiplied by Tools multiplied by Energy available to drive those Tools Editors Note: The Wildlife News has a history of tackling difficult and sometimes uncomfort...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/08/08/i-p-x-t-x-e-part-1/

An article in the Oregon Capital Chronicle focuses on cultural and prescribed burning fuel reduction and how they can preclude large wildfires, such as the 127,000 acre Cedar Creek Fire on the Wi...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/05/22/response-to-prescribed-burn-oregon-capital-chronicle-article/

The 1.6 million acres Deschutes National Forest, Oregon is engaged in an active deforestation effort, all justified based on precluding or slowing wildfires. The Forest also suggests that the log...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/05/13/deschutes-national-forest-deforestation-project/

On April 24th, 2024, the Vermont Law and Graduate School and Wild Horse Fire Brigade sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) District office in Medford, Oregon, proposing a colla...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/05/08/with-friends-like-these-preservationists-dont-need-enemies-feral-horses-and-cascade-siskiyou-nm/

An important question regarding sagebrush ecosystems, and species that rely upon them like sage grouse has to do with exactly what constitutes the fire rotation in sagebrush habitat? And a corrol...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/04/14/no-such-thing-as-frequent-fire-in-sagebrush-ecosystems/

Giant Sequoia May Require High-severity Blazes for their surival. Photo George Wuerthner During the summer of 2020 and 2021, with one of the most severe droughts in California’s recent history,...

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/04/08/human-intervention-not-necessary-for-sequoia-survival/