Prescribed burns are common tools for land managers, but researchers say Indigenous burning went beyond that, using fire as a land stewardship tool to care for the environment. Tree rings are ...
After more than a century of fire suppression in California’s forests, mounting evidence shows that frequent fire — through practices like prescribed fire or Indigenous cultural burning — can improve ...
A two-decade-long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests' long-term ability to store carbon ...
ONGOING ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WELL, THE SACRAMENTO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND METRO FIRE DEPARTMENTS HOSTED AN EVENT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FIRE DANGERS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. CREWS DID A LIVE DEMO OF A ...