It was 1997 when I first heard Dr. Craig D. Allen, a research ecologist, make an alarming prediction. I had just taken a job managing a large, forested headwaters ranch

As wildfires become more frequent and intense, protecting your home is more important than ever - whether you live in town or out on the ranch. “Our fire issue isn’t

This sagebrush ecosystem in Idaho has been fully invaded by cheatgrass. Right: Charred fenceposts and brittle wire make fences a major rebuilding expense for working lands post-fire.

T he sign outside the Valley Fire District in Granite County, Montana, jokingly touts “Same Day Service since 1876.” Of course, the Valley Fire District, like fire protection districts across the

Across the West, as suburban sprawl, working lands and wilderness collide, many communities now have Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs). The 2003 Healthy Forest Restoration Act encouraged these plans in

Painfully drawn-out claims process adds another scar after New Mexico’s largest-ever fire Hell. That’s how Max Garcia, a farmer and rancher from Rociada, New Mexico, describes not only the wildfire that swept

This BLM photo from 2016 shows a re-seeded area in the Soda Fire burn scar in Idaho where native bunchgrasses are sprouting and germinating well.

The 2018 Camp Fire in California destroyed the town of Paradise, killing 88 people. One property and casualty insurer was bankrupted by the fire. Insurers around the West have been

A prescribed fire is tended as part of a joint project with the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, The Nature Conservancy and Bureau of Land Management that treated forests on the Sycan