Years before the L.A. fires, Orchard Hills faced a fire of its own — and came out mostly unscathed due to a long ...

Fire experts emphasize the need to replace highly flammable trees like Mexican fan palms and eucalyptus with fire-resistant ...

As it recovers, Altadena finds inspiration in other wildfire-devastated communities that have replanted lawns, gardens and ...

A specialist from t Fire Department has walked all over a large chunk of the city’s north side and tied thousands of tags to piñon and juniper trees in recent months, envisioning a new landscape. A ...

An example of how the boundary between the wild and urban landscape doesn’t necessarily translate to high fire risk is the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Sonoma County. The Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa ...

As Los Angeles faced unprecedented fires razing entire neighborhoods in late January, Latin America was not spared either. In ...

Jake Creeley and his father, Cory, are developing what's called a $10.5 million "landscape hotel" just outside Ellicottville ...

“There’s nothing about fire risk in the WUI map,” said McCaffrey. “There are some papers that show that roughly a third of houses lost in fires are not in the WUI right? But we target all our ...

Two wildfire experts argue that the L.A. destruction didn't have to be as bad as it was. The question isn't whether we can ...

Urban landscaping plays a crucial role in determining fire risk. Densely populated areas and regions where urban developments and locations are prone to extreme weather conditions are especially ...

An Irvine, Calif., neighborhood carefully planned to stand up to wildfires was put to the test when all homes there were undamaged by the Silverado fire in 2020. It could now offer a blueprint for ...

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