California lawmakers proposed making fossil fuel companies liable for natural disasters by allowing natural disaster victims and insurance companies to sue them due to their alleged impact on the environment.

Decreases in staffing and maintenance costs have led to the closure of several San Bernardino National Forest campgrounds throughout the 2025 season.

PORTLAND (WGME) – A Maine Forest Ranger battling California’s wildfires is sharing an update on the region's progress. Nearly two weeks ago, Governor Janet Mills sent eight forest rangers to California to help first responders on the ground. Right now, the rangers are working to put out a huge fire just north of Santa Clarita.

Federal investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating two men who were seen on surveillance cameras breaking into a U.S. Forest Service vehicle and stealing critical fire equipment in San Bernardino County.

A former federal firefighter said the president’s executive order could interrupt the government’s ability to hire seasonal employees.

The Mark Twain Veteran Crew is a U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighting group whose members all have prior military experience.

Efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn't be influenced by politics, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday at her Senate confirmation hearing.

Since the Palisades wildfire began in California on Jan. 7, firefighting crews have been working to contain them.

How much do incarcerated firefighters in California make? Will they be able to get firefighting jobs upon release? Here’s what we can VERIFY.

The House of Representatives has passed the Fix Our Forests Act, legislation aimed at sharpening forest management strategies to curb wildfires.

Even after these fires have ended, scientists say climate change means more frequent and intense wildfires in the future, with drought-like conditions in the western United States more likely ... according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Environmental Scientists Hail New Forest Service Chief Author: Karen Young Kreeger Date: January 10, 1994 For the first time in its 88-year history, the United States Forest Service has a research scientist at its helm instead of an engineer, a forester ...