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Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake. He stands with arms folded along rocky ridges. The lake is below and mountains are int backdrop.

Lessons from the Caldor Fire’s Christmas Valley ‘Miracle’

by Kat Kerlin
December 19, 2025

Hugh Safford stands with back to camera, hands on hips, overlooking mountains and forests searching for Jeffrey pine

An Extreme Tree Hunt in the Sierra Nevada

by Kat Kerlin
November 10, 2025

Mountain landscape within which grows a Jeffrey pine tree between a lodgepole pine and foxtail pine tree in High Sierra

A New Record for California’s Highest Tree

by Kat Kerlin
April 17, 2025

Man in blue hard hat smiles while holding a yellow measuring tape wrapped around an enormous ponderosa pine tree in forest. Woman in orange hard hat and vests stands next to him. Two others observe.

Burning Question: How to Save an Old-Growth Forest in Tahoe

by Kat Kerlin
March 03, 2025

Forest researchers in orange jackets and white helmets wrap string around the remains of a burned tree in a landscape with charred trees and green shrubbery

Shrubs Can Help or Hinder a Forest’s Recovery After Wildfire

by Emily C. Dooley
December 16, 2024

An orange flame circles a meadow with smoke as six people stand scattered throughout a wooded property during prescribed burn

Reforms Needed to Expand Prescribed Burns

by Kat Kerlin
November 15, 2023

Aerial drone image compost of wildlands before and after wildfire

Using AI to Analyze Wildfire Impacts

by Kathleen Wong
March 29, 2023

Tree with rust-colored needles shows signs of Pine Ghost Canker infections

Fungi that Causes Pine Ghost Canker Detected in S. California Trees

by Emily Dooley
February 23, 2023

Firefighter walks along highway with flames to his side during Creek Fire response in 2022.

Unprecedented Levels of High-Severity Fire Burn in Sierra Nevada Forests

by Kat Kerlin
January 20, 2023

aerial view of forest burn scar shot by drone

Monitoring Forest Threats with New Open Forest Observatory

by Trina Kleist
September 21, 2022

Woman in firefighting yellow shirt and hard hat holds hand to forehead against glare of sun and smoky woods during prescribed burn

Little Fires: Landowners Learn to Burn

by Kat Kerlin with visuals by Tim McConville
April 19, 2022

Two types of redwood leaves in bright green on black background. Left leaf fans out. Right leaf is tight, stick-like.

Discovery Uncovers a New Leaf for Redwoods

by Kat Kerlin
March 16, 2022

A forested landscape in the Sierra Nevada mountains with rusty orange trees indicating bak beetle damage

Just What Is a ‘Resilient’ Forest, Anyway?

by Kat Kerlin
January 19, 2022

Alpine lake with backdrop of mountains in high elevations of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

Drought and Climate Change Shift Tree Disease in Sierra Nevada

by Kat Kerlin
August 24, 2021

old-growth lichen attached to branches

Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire

by Kat Kerlin
May 10, 2021

Two female foresters in stand of burned trees and ashen forest floor.

Dead Trees Fuel Wildfire Severity in Sierra Nevada

by Kat Kerlin
January 13, 2021

Carpet of vegetation in a stand of trees burned by wildfire in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.

Identifying Where to Reforest After Wildfire

by Kat Kerlin
December 18, 2020

Men and women in jackets light field of deergrass on fire as part of cultural burn in California.

Cultural Burning Lights Way to ‘Rethinking Fire’

by Kat Kerlin
October 01, 2020

Wildfire burns behind an outline of trees in Trinity County in northern California in 2015.

Wildfire on the Rise Since 1984 in Northern California’s Coastal Ranges

by Kat Kerlin
September 17, 2020

Big Brown bat on tree

Bats May Benefit From Wildfire

by Kat Kerlin
December 05, 2019

The Survivors: Sugar Pine Trees and the Future Forest

by Kat Kerlin
November 07, 2019

Dead and dying trees dot landscape in Sierra Nevada during drought.

Thinning Forests, Prescribed Fire Before Drought Reduced Tree Loss

by Kat Kerlin
May 29, 2019

A Win-Win for Spotted Owls and Forest Management

by Kat Kerlin
October 04, 2017

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