All national forests in California will close Wednesday evening as the state sees “explosive growth of fires throughout” the state. The U.S. Forest Service closed eight national forests in Southern ...

On a scorching September afternoon, an Orange County public works crew moving boulders with heavy machinery sparked a brush fire. The blaze ignited less than two miles from the U.S. Forest Service’s ...

The study estimated that the treatments, such as forest thinning and prescribed burns, prevented $2.8 billion in losses, ...

The region of the USDA Forest Service that California is in, is hiring permanent wildland firefighters for the 2025 fire year across national forests and grasslands.Several positions are open, ...

The U.S. Forest Service has issued a warning regarding an increase in rattlesnake sightings in Southern California, especially after two deadly bites were reported in the last few weeks.

Roughly 500 years ago in California's High Sierra, pine cones dropped to the ground and a cycle began. The Aztec Empire was falling. The printing press was new. The seedlings grew. Half a millennia ...

The U.S. Forest Service is planning to hire 1,100 permanent wildland firefighters in California ahead of the 2025 fire season. This initiative aims to bolster efforts in managing wildfires in national ...

SACRAMENTO — Women looking for a career change have a unique opportunity coming up as the U.S. Forest Service will be holding a wildfire training camp in Northern California. The goal is to attract ...