Wildfires

Federal firefighters make as little as $15 an hour. A permanent boost has bipartisan support, but it’s tied up in Congress' budget fight.

The rules include up-front housing vouchers and broader access to flexible, critical-needs payments in the aftermath of a disaster.

Shepherdess Land & Livestock offers prescribed grazing services with sheep and goats.

Where there’s smoke, there’s a massive increase in costs for health care, commerce, and productivity.

Some pandemic-related tools get a second life, while investors look at more high-tech solutions.

Why companies that conduct controlled burns are having a harder time finding insurance policies willing to cover them.

A new tool shows the likelihood of wind damage by property address.

Federal spending by the two main agencies that manage wildfires has doubled in the last decade, Pew found. States are spending more too.

Sawmills are poised to play a big role in making California more resilient to wildfires, but there may not be enough of them to go around.

Prescribed fires are supposed to burn excess fuels to help contain wildfires, but the U.S. Forest Service is adding stricter controls in light of a burn that got out of control in New Mexico.