Clare Boerigter, a science writer specializing in wildland fire, and Jonathan Coop, a forest ecologist with Western Colorado ...

The Joyce Kilmer Wilderness in Western North Carolina is famous for its towering trees. These hardwood giants have grown uninterrupted for hundreds of years.

ASHEVILLE - Fire departments from across the state and South Carolina have deployed to multiple wildfires burning over 500 acres throughout Western North Carolina ... to the U.S. Forest Service.

Forest Area Fluctuations: The coniferous forest area in North America increased by 5.62% between 2018-2023 compared to 1984-1991. However, it decreased by 4.85% from its peak in 1992-2001.

The Carolina Forest Fire, about five miles north of ... Becca Ann, told CNN. In western North Carolina, near the towns of Tryon and Saluda, a brush fire caused by a power line that fell Saturday ...

As crews fully contain a 198-acre fire in the Pisgah National Forest, the US Forest Service has mapped areas most at risk of extreme wildfires.

Illegal timber logging activity has become the leading factor contributing immensely to the degradation of the forest reserves in the Western North Region. Chiefs in the area, especially Nana ...

Mike Knoerr, the only wildlife biologist covering the more than 500,000-acre Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina, said on social media that the revocation came just a couple days ...