New research shows that some areas of the wildland-urban interface – the land where development ends and wilderness begins – are at much higher risk of burning than others.
With millions of acres burned in the last two years, it's likely you'll pass through a burned area.
Wildfires have become larger, more frequent, more severe, and more destructive to human life and property in many ecosystems in California in recent decades. If you’ve lived in California for...
“While acute smoke is bad for human and environmental health, smoke in moderation can be part of human and environmental health and well-being.”
There’s no option to live without fire in California, and setting small, controlled fires could help keep the large, unruly ones at bay. But what would an increase in controlled...
Old redwood trees have seen fire many times in their lives. It’s because of their fire scars—not in spite of them—that the redwood forest thrives.
New research is using motion-sensor cameras to reveal how wildlife communities survive fire and how they adapt to a burned landscape in the weeks, months, and years after a fire.
Meet the East Bay Regional Park District Fire Department.
Introducing the first themed issue in Bay Nature's 20 years of publication.
The SCU Lightning Complex fires burned 6,000 acres of East Bay Regional Park District land last year. And already, green ground cover, reptiles, and raptors are returning in Morgan Territory.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
