In the News 2025 ‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes Climate change, high winds, extreme dry conditions the real reasons for Los Angeles fires Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years More Americans Than Ever Are Living in Wildfire Areas. L.A. Is No Exception The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is Think only California burns? Think again. Even Florida, Texas and New Jersey at risk UW-Madison scientists weigh in on LA fires, explain university satellites that track them Wisconsin sees record start to the fire season as climate change drives more blazes 2024 Millions of birds die in building collisions. Madison volunteers want to help Wildfires are making their way east – where they could be much deadlier Wildfires in the West Aren’t Just Getting Bigger. They’re Faster, Too 2023 ‘This is an extreme year’: Air quality alerts may become more common as climate gets warmer, drier America’s New Wildfire Risk Goes Beyond Forests City properties pose fire risk, violate city’s own rules (opinion) Flashpoint: The California insurance marketplace’s current crisis Forest and wildlife ecology class identifies rare bird on weekend field trip Maui wildfires deadliest in over a century Maui’s neglected grasslands caused Lahaina fire to grow with deadly speed Picturing the places wildlands and people meet at a global scale 2022 As Wildfires Grow, Millions of Homes Are Being Built in Harm’s Way Once and Future Wildfires 2021 Der Schatz der Spione In The Southeast, Many People Move To Fire-Prone Areas, But Few Know The Risk Inside the C.I.A., She became a spy for Planet Earth It spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs, now it’s solving ecological mysteries The Wildland Urban Interface & Issues Surrounding It United States of Wildfire Wildfires threaten all of the West – and one group more than others Yes, Wisconsin Has a Wildfire Season. Here’s Why It Ramped Up This Spring 2020 Calamities challenge California’s Economic Foundation Chimney swifts are disappearing in Wisconsin; fixing up your home is one way to help Conservation Takes a Village Farming Associated with Long-Term Decline in Marmot Populations How the 2020 Western Fire Season Got So Extreme Spring has arrived weeks early in the South. Flowers are blooming, and that could be a problem The Future of Wildfire Fighting Is on All of Us US West Coast fires: Is Trump right to blame forest management? Wildfire-hit countries in need of new strategies to tame burning threat Wildfires are increasingly destructive. We need to reevaluate how and where we build our homes 2019 After Paradise, Living With Fire Means Redefining Resilience As Climate Risk Grows, Cities Test a Tough Strategy: Saying “Non” to Developers Blackouts expose a lack of preparedness against California wildfires, experts say California Is Becoming Unlivable Can new homes on the edge of San Diego stop wildfires? Is California ignoring the science on wildfire-prone housing? It’s the end of California as we know it New Homes destined to burn What were pelicans doing on Lake Monona? Wood products mitigate less than one percent of global carbon emissions 2018 Americans Are Moving Closer to Nature, and to Fire Danger Angry birds: Watch out for red-winged blackbird attacks this time of year Baraboo Hills natural areas are ‘wild, special places’ – and quieter than nearby sites Birds in Minnesota keep crashing into things and police think it’s because they’re drunk Daylight Saving Time Isn’t Saving Much Energy Fire-Resistant Is Not Fire-Proof, California Homeowners Discover Is Your Home At Risk From Wildfire? Check These Maps. Living on the Edge: Wildfires Pose a Growing Risk to Homes Built Near Wilderness Areas Please Stop Building Houses Exactly Where Wildfires Start Why Californians Were Drawn Toward the Fire Zones Wildfire risk rises with 43 million U.S. homes near land susceptible to blazes Your Yard May Be Home to More Wildlife Than You Realize 2017 A recipe for disaster: urban growth fuels deadly california wildfires that challenge traditional firefighting tactics Before and After Photos: Fires tear through California’s Wine Country California Fires leave many homeless where housing was already scarce Despite clear risks, Santa Rosa neighborhood that burned down was exempt from state fire regulations Minutes to escape: how California Wildfire damaged so much so quickly Northern California Fires have destroyed at least 5700 buildings People love to live in places that are at risk for disasters, and this is what happens Satellite images show 1800 buildings destroyed by fire in Santa Rosa The Napa Fire is a Perfectly Normal Apocalypse The West is on Fire: Blame the Housing Crisis Urban Damage Raises Questions About California’s Wildfire Strategy Why the 2017 fire season has been one of California’s worst 2016 As China’s largest Freshwater Lake Shrinks, Solution Faces Criticism Cities In Southern California Can’t Escape The Fire At Their Door The Surprising Way Birds Are Trying to Dodge Climate Change Wildfires spark where growth is sprawling 2015 Climate Change Means Spring Could Come Three Weeks Earlier Across U.S. Die Revolution frisst ihre Hirsche Global Warming to expand our springtime Map: The fall of the Soviet Union made the World more wooded Mapping America’s Unprecedented Vulnerability to Wildfires One in three California homes prone to wildfires Prepare for an earlier spring: Winter in the US will end THREE WEEKS sooner over the next century, say scientists Shortened winter, early spring caused by climate change Soviet collapse was bad for wildlife Soviet Union collapse affected region’s wildlife Spring coming earlier in US because of climate change, scientists say Spring could come three weeks early to the U.S. Spring Will Come Three Weeks Early in U.S. Thanks to Climate Change Study Shows Russian Wildlife Declined Following Soviet Collapse 2014 City turkeys are a treat – and maybe someday, a tasty one Climate change research considers land use an important variable of ecological impact Wisconsin’s Birds Face Changing Habitat 2012 Climate Change Plays a Role in Wildfires—But Not the Only One 2010 Fall of Berlin Wall was a hot moment for conservation 2007 A New Approach To Fighting Western Fires Burning down the house CALIFORNIA FIRE WHISPERERS Feeling the Heat Fire crews think twice before defending homes Nation must adapt to greater wildfire risk On Fringe of Forests, Homes and Fires Meet Rethinking Fire Policy in the Tinderbox Surge in Off-Roading Stirs Dust and Debate in the West Why Wildfires Get Worse and Worse 2006 As Houses Rise in the Wild, So Do Fire Concerns
