Plaskett Fire 08.31.2026 | Photo by Andrew Avitt A firefighter with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District assigned to the Plaskett Fire carries fire hose along a fuel break near...
Active-duty U.S. Army Soldiers from 7th Infantry... 08.30.2026 | Photo by Michelle Fidler Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command-Pacific) gather before heading to the...
Active-duty Soldiers on the Little Giant Fire 08.28.2026 | Photo by Michelle Fidler Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command-Pacific) construct contingency...
Active-duty Soldiers on the Little Giant Fire 08.28.2026 | Photo by Michelle Fidler Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command-Pacific) grab hand tools to clear...
National Fire Leadership Visit Little Giant Fire 08.28.2026 | Photo by Michelle Fidler Active-duty U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command-Pacific) pose...
Active-duty U.S. Army Soldiers from 7th Infantry... 08.25.2026 | Photo by Michelle Fidler Smoke rises from the Little Giant Fire visible above the mountains in the distance behind organized rows of tents that distinguish the campsite of...
Active-duty U.S. Army Soldiers from 7th Infantry... 08.25.2026 | Photo by Michelle Fidler Smoke rises from the east side of the Little Giant Fire Aug. 25, 2026, near Chelan, Washington. Approximately 250 active-duty U.S. Army soldiers...
Bills Fire 08.25.2026 | Photo by Kathleen Gorby Flames and smoke rise from the Bills Fire burning in steep, mountainous terrain approximately 5 miles north of North Fork, Idaho, in the...
Plaskett Fire near Willow Creek 08.30.2026 | Video by Andrew Avitt B-roll footage shows fire burning on slopes, burned landscape, flames and smoke rising from the hillside above the Willow Creek Bridge along...
Plaskett Fire Structure Wrap 08.30.2026 | Video by Andrew Avitt B-roll footage shows a partially wrapped wooden building near the Pacific Valley Fire Station as smoke from the Plaskett Fire rises in the...
Plaskett Fire 08.30.2026 | Video by Andrew Avitt B-roll footage shows smoke rising from the hillside as the Plaskett Fire burns near the Pacific Valley Fire Station in the Los Padres National...
Willow Creek Picnic Area and Beach 08.30.2026 | Video by Andrew Avitt B-roll footage shows ocean waves breaking along the shoreline below the Willow Creek Picnic Area and Beach in the Los Padres National Forest near...
Plaskett Fire Smoke 08.30.2026 | Video by Andrew Avitt B-roll footage shows smoke filling different valleys along Highway 1 during fire suppression operations on the Plaskett Fire in the Los Padres...
Plaskett Fire near Willow Creek 08.30.2026 | Video by Andrew Avitt B-roll footage shows fire buring in pampas grass on a hillside, smoke rising from the forest, flames and smoke rising from the hillside above the...
Plaskett Fire along Highway 1 08.29.2026 | Video by Andrew Avitt B-roll footage shows a hose line stretched out along a control line next to a burned area, landscape shots of the burn scar along Highway 1 in Big...
Plaskett Fire Along the Coast 08.29.2026 | Video by Andrew Avitt B-roll footage shows smoke rising from the hillside along the coastline near Highway 1 in Big Sur, California, during fire suppression operations...
More Than Planting: How Thoughtful Management... 08.03.2026 | Story by Daniel Malta While planting new trees offers a meaningful way to connect with the land and support growing forests, the story explains that real forest...
Reforestation: Nature and nurseries 07.07.2026 | Story by Andrew Avitt Nature will have its way, but that’s not to say land managers can’t give it a little nudge. That’s just who gathered this spring in the...
Shaping America's public lands over 121 years 07.02.2026 | Story by Andrew Avitt This year, as we celebrate the nation’s founding, the Forest Service looks back to its own creation and guiding principles. Since 1905,...
How to survive your next forest adventure 06.23.2026 | Story by Andrew Avitt Listen, we talk about responsible recreation a lot. Don’t leave trash. Plan and be prepared. Respect each other and wildlife. And, of course,...
Restoring Hanging Lake: The partnerships that... 06.18.2026 | Story by Travis Weger In the spring of 2023, Emily Kasyon hiked the Hanging Lake Trail in the White River National Forest for the first time. The water was so high she...
165,000 miles of adventure: Inside the world’s... 06.05.2026 | Story by Andrew Avitt On national forests every day is National Trails Day. There is a trail for everyone, year-round. Across the country, 165,000 miles of Forest...
Reach for the Sky 05.13.2026 | Story by Joshua Boisvert Students from Flatwoods and Jacobs Creek Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers supported U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prescribed fire...
Bulldozers of fire: Heavy equipment fighting and... 04.30.2026 | Story by Andrew Avitt Wildland firefighting is a coordinated effort. Like players on a sports team or musicians in an orchestra, hand crews, smokejumpers, water...
Looking Ahead: Using TreeMap, FuelMap, and the... 08.05.2026 | Audio by Jessica Brewen For over ten years the TreeMap dataset has been widely used to map timber resources, model wildfire risk, estimate smoke emissions, plan fuel...
Forest Service Podcast: Science You Can Use - Map... 07.16.2026 | Audio by Jessica Brewen The 2017 fire season in Montana was especially severe, with more than 2,400 wildfires burning about 1.4 million acres across the state. In the...
Forest Service Podcast: Science You Can Use -... 07.16.2026 | Audio by Jessica Brewen For decades, national participation in hunting has been on the decline. One population of hunters, however, is bucking the trend: Women. Studies...
Forest Service Podcast: Science You Can Use -... 07.01.2026 | Audio by Alexis Neukirch For homeowners living in the wildland-urban interface, wildfire outreach programs encourage wildfire risk mitigation and evacuation preparedness...
Forest Service Podcast: Science You Can Use -... 07.01.2026 | Audio by Alexis Neukirch Armillaria solidipes, a naturally occurring fungus, is responsible for one of the most widespread root diseases in western North American forests....
Forest Service Podcast: Science You Can Use -... 07.01.2026 | Audio by Alexis Neukirch In the dry, fire-adapted forests of California’s Sierra Nevada - where yellow pine, mixed conifer, and red fir historically burned on frequent,...
Forest Service Podcast: Science You Can Use -... 05.27.2026 | Audio by Jessica Brewen Forest managers are increasingly looking to restore ponderosa pine forests to more ecologically diverse conditions—forests with clusters of...
Forest Service Podcast: Science You Can Use -... 05.27.2026 | Audio by Jessica Brewen For 25 years, ranchers in South Dakota have used the South Dakota Drought Tool to estimate forage productivity of grazing lands. This crucial...
Forest Focus Forest Focus is an audio program about the National Forests in California. Episodes focus on issues such as ecological restoration, fire,...
Forest Service Podcast Step into the wild with us as we share the many voices of the Forest Service. From groundbreaking science that helps us understand and protect our...
Ready for Wildfire 04.30.2026 | Graphics by Forest Service OC Graphic highlighting wildfire response and mitigation benefits. It notes that wildland firefighters complete 3–4 million acres of hazardous fuel...
Ready for Wildfire 04.30.2026 | Graphics by Forest Service OC Graphic showing U.S. Forest Service wildland fire resources, including hotshot crews, Type 2 crews, engines, heavy equipment, aircraft,...
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