Wildfire in the West
Lighting a path forward in the age of heat
Wildfire isn’t just a season anymore. It’s a way of life in the West. And if we’re going to live with it, we have to understand it. On Land dives into wildfire – the good, the bad and the collaborative.
We set our ranch on fire. Here’s why.
Last week, we set fire to our ranch. Yes, we purposefully took gasoline and torches to the land and set it ablaze. "Why on earth would these Montana ranchers do
Forest stewardship in the age of megafires with Dave Tenny
The future of forests, and the communities and wildlife that depend on them, is at a crossroads. In this episode of On Land, Western Landowners Alliance CEO Lesli Allison sits
This is wildfire with Nick Mott
The American West is burning. Not everywhere, and not all the time - but more often, and more intensely than before. Whether you live in a city under orange skies
Neighbors helping neighbors: ranchers band together to fight wildfires in eastern Oregon
“I’ve got 5 volunteers moving my cows this morning - only 2 of them are related,” texted rancher and WLA contractor Kim Kerns, who runs cattle and sheep in Baker
Requiem for the Joshua Tree
Disheveled, gangly, the Joshua tree is surely one of the West’s strangest — and most recognizable — plants. Named by Mormon pioneers for the prophet Joshua, whose upraised arms pointed
Land on Fire
The apocalyptic dusk, tinged purple, is the product of some of the biggest wildfires raging in modern American history, casting a pall that has drifted in from hundreds of miles