Study shows controlled burns can reduce wildfire intensity and smoke pollution

USDA says repealing ‘roadless’ protections will prevent wildfires. A new study disagrees

One big reason the United States Agriculture Department Secretary says she wants to strip protections for 58 million acres of federal forestland is to prevent wildfires, but a new study suggests allowing roads and logging into currently protected areas will…

Global population exposure to landscape fire air pollution from 2000 to 2019

Wildfires are thought to be increasing in severity and frequency as a result of climate change1–5. Air pollution from landscape fires can negatively affect human health4–6, but human exposure to landscape fire-sourced (LFS) air pollution has not been well characterized at the global scale7–23. Here, we estimate global daily LFS outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and surface ozone concentrations at 0.25° × 0.25° resolution during the period …

Here's Why Wildfire Experts Are Worried About an EPA Plan for Cleaner Air

The EPA is planning to tighten standards within the Clean Air Act, but a difference in how wildfire and prescribed fire smoke are accounted for could lead to perverse incentives.

Napa Land Trust restores rare prairie with burn

The Napa Land Trust burned part of its Missimer preserve to help restore habitat.

Study shows controlled burns can reduce wildfire intensity and smoke pollution

As wildfires increasingly threaten lives, landscapes, and air quality across the U.S., a Stanford-led study published in AGU Advances finds that prescribed burns can help reduce risks.

Study Shows Controlled Burns Can Reduce Wildfire Intensity and Smoke Pollution

STANFORD, Calif. — As wildfires increasingly threaten lives, landscapes, and air quality across the U.S., a Stanford-led study published in AGU Advances June 26 finds that prescribed burns can help reduce risks. The research reveals that prescribed burns can reduce the severity of subsequent wildfires by an average of 16% and net smoke pollution by an average of 14%. “Prescribed fire is often promoted as a promising tool in theory to dampen wild…