Much of the western U.S. is overdue for wildfire, with decades of suppression allowing fuel to build up across millions of hectares. Researchers estimate that 74% of the region is in a fire deficit, ...
A professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Botany and director of the Global Vegetation Project recently received a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate how ...
Hot, dry and windy conditions this summer led to a difficult wildfire season in western Colorado with large amounts of acreage burned, many people being impacted by things such as evacuations, road ...