Ray Johnson, fire prevention officer with the U.S. Forest Service, said new white fir trees and Ponderosa pine have grown about ... on a weekend where Southern Nevada saw three consecutive days ...

Giant ponderosa pines—some of the last remaining ... and the University of Nevada, Reno, found that forest thinning followed by a prescribed burn could greatly improve the stand's resistance ...

Preserving an iconic old-growth forest in Lake Tahoe will take more than conservation alone. This UC Davis study shows the need to bring back the essential role of fire to the landscape in order to ...