Smoke from the fire’s explosion poured into Yosemite National Park, impacting air quality in gateway towns Wawona and ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of ...

A security camera captured the dramatic moment a bolt of lightning struck a pine tree on Sept. 9 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.

Firefighters hold the line in the Sierra, protecting communities and a giant sequoia grove amid a day of 'dynamic fire ...

The Doerner Fir tree, one of the world’s tallest, caught fire and has sustained damage that could lower its global ranking. The fire has not yet spread to the surrounding coastal Oregon wilderness but ...

Portland, Ore. — Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees, near the state's southern coast. The Doerner Fir, a coastal Douglas Fir tree over ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Target shooting and restricted ‘exploding targets’ have caused five fires in Oregon since May, state officials said, adding that some people should brush up on the rules before ...

New research from Western Colorado University shows that the long-held conventional belief about aspen trees being resilient to wildfires is more than just an anecdotal assumption. Matt Harris, a ...

In coastal Oregon, the state's tallest fir tree is burning. Douglas-firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii) are Oregon's most common trees, but the tree that's ablaze, known as the Doerner Fir, is special.

I have written three articles about the decline of animals in Eagle County and wider areas. There is, however, another worrisome decline. The environment around us is changing, including issues with ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — Firefighters put out a brush fire that burned about an acre of trees and brush in Forest Grove Sunday afternoon. Forest Grove Fire & Rescue crews responded to the fire in the ...