Wildfires are remaking western U.S. forests. They also change animal behavior and interactions between predators and prey.
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The program was put on hold in May after a devastating government-sparked wildfire in New Mexico that burned across more than 500 square miles. Here's why intentional fires will resume.
A fast-moving Northern California wildfire caused injuries, destroyed multiple homes Friday and forced as many as 7,500 residents to leave home, jamming roadways at the start of a sweltering Labor Day weekend.
Erratic, thunderstorm-caused winds grew the Committee Fire to 300 acres as of Monday morning. Containment is at zero percent and the fire is moving at a moderate rate of speed through heavy brush. No structures are threatened at this time.
According to the Greece Fire Service, 52 wildfires broke out in a 24 hour period, stoked by strong winds and high temperatures.
Monsoon rains that dropped onto the Pipeline Fire burn scar flooded multiple areas in and around Flagstaff on Sunday. These floods were not without warning — city and county agencies had been cautioning residents of the potential for post-fire floods and helping to distribute sandbags and or…
Forest closures during fire season are “a big lift” for the Forest Service, and one that the public increasingly demands in the wake of catastrophic wildfire. As a majority of wildfires are human-caused, it seems to follow reason that to prevent forest fires, keep humans out of the forest.
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Reporter Sean Golightly took this video as crews conducted burnout operations on the northern edge of the Pipeline Fire on Wednesday.
Photographer Rachel Gibbons captured this video of helicopters stopping to pick up water from the reservoir by Schultz Pass Road to combat the Pipeline and Haywire fires.
Photographer Rachel Gibbons sent in this video of smoke over the San Francisco Peaks as the Pipeline Fire continues to burn on Monday, joined by the Haywire Fire.
Photographer Jake Bacon uploaded this video as he shot photos of the Pipeline Fire north of Flagstaff on Sunday.
Photographer Rachel Gibbons took this video on Thursday of the trail of destruction left behind by the Tunnel Fire northeast of Flagstaff.
Timelapse video taken from O'Leary Peak Lookout during Wednesday afternoon.