Ten reasons bringing down these barriers are key for mitigation and adaptation.
Forests
What’s on your Christmas tree? Hint: Not just ornaments
A lack of data obscures the possible polluted legacy of a holiday tradition.
Horrible holly: A festive plant runs amok
Meet the scientists and conservationists fighting to save the Northwest’s forests from an invasive plant.
Recover the redwoods landscape
Not only do the great trees offer resilience to climate change and shelter abundant biodiversity, but they are magic.
What the past’s extreme wildfires can tell us about the West’s wildfire future
The fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – offer both hopeful and concerning lessons.
The West’s overlooked rainforests can address climate change
A new book advances the idea that protecting old-growth forests is better for the climate than planting new trees.
In logging country, a community protects its woods as an act of resilience
The Butte Falls Community Forest can bring in tourists and protect the community from wildfire.
Sugaring the Pacific Northwest
How climate and cost cramp bigleaf maple syrup production.
Fire retardant kills fish. Is it worth the risk?
A lawsuit could change how the Forest Service fights fires.
The EV mining rush could come to Montana’s mountains
A company announced it found the country’s highest-grade rare earth deposit in Montana.
Get to know the whitebark pine
This threatened tree feeds and shelters the high country.
In the once-cool forests of the Pacific Northwest, heat poses a new threat
Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
How far will you go to reduce your wildfire risk?
It may depend on how you see the world.
The recipe for restoring damaged lands is missing one key ingredient: seeds
A new report highlights recovery solutions to fires, droughts and other climate catastrophes.
Does thinning work for wildfire prevention?
The rundown on what scientists find actually works to protect forests and homes.
In a warming world, California’s trees keep dying
That could doom the state’s plan to fight climate change with the help of nature.
‘Roadless rule’ protections for the Tongass National Forest are back
The Biden administration has reinstated pre-Trump protections in the Tongass. See what’s at stake.
How to save the whitebark pine
The tree is getting federal protection. But plenty of people were already trying to save it.
Fire risk map ignites controversy
Southern Oregon residents lash back at wildfire preparedness rules.
What if Indigenous women ran controlled burns?
The Karuk Tribe’s first-of-its-kind training seeks to extinguish hypermasculinity in firefighting culture.