Smoke Aside, the Angel Island Fire Was a Win for the Island’s Wild Landscapes
The island needs fire. It’s also a nearly impossible place to burn safely.
Fire
Editor’s Letter: Adapting to Fire
Fire has upended worlds and seeped into our collective peripheral vision.
Life in a Burn Scar
Five years after the Dixie Fire, a writer takes stock of her community and the forest around it.
Fire Walk with Me
A defensible space inspector is always looking for fire trails.
Mapping All the Trees in California
Astonishingly detailed new LiDAR maps are meant to help us prepare for wildfires.
Ohlone Fire Returns to the East Bay Hills
The founders of Cafe Ohlone are reviving Indigenous stewardship on ancestral lands.
Wildlife Gardens in the Fire Zone
Planting habitat gardens is more important than ever in the megafire era.
A Surprisingly Chill Hang Around a (Prescribed) Fire
Community spirit—and serious safety precautions—made my first prescribed burn feel like a friendly gathering.
A Burned Big Basin is Reborn
As trails reopen, visiting is a chance to see a forest in progress.
Unburned: An Investigation
To protect the Plumas National Forest and its communities from the next megafire, the Forest Service plans to burn it—intentionally. Can $274 million do the job?
