wildfire

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he will host a meeting next week of Western governors and federal officials “to prepare for heat, drought and wildfires in the West.”

UNR doctoral student Tracy Shane recently began a project using cutting-edge technology to see how sheep and cattle grazing might help control cheatgrass.

After a wildfire, soils in burned areas often become water repellent, leading to increased erosion and flooding after rainfall events.

Just about every indicator of drought is flashing red across the western U.S. after a dry winter and warm early spring.

An interagency wildfire briefing held last week by various land management and fire agencies offered a grim outlook for wildfire threats in the coming months.

Nevada lawmakers on Wednesday heard three proposals about changing liability laws and helping fire-fighting agencies coordinate their responses.

SPONSORED: The Living With Fire virtual series covers presentations about landscaping, wildfire preparedness, fire weather, smoke impacts and more.

Researchers at five Western universities delved into which factors are increasing fire activity at the scales where management actions are implemented.

The BLM on Friday released a decision on the effort to reduce wildland fire fuels and restore sagebrush habitats in the Great Basin.

The stringent fire restrictions put in place for much of Nevada earlier this year were lifted this week.