YAKIMA, Wash. — Heat shimmered up from the bare earth as George Shelton walked across it, crunching charred bits of wood under his cowboy boots. Fire has reduced what was once a dense forest to ...

Washington’s explosive wildfire seasons illustrate the need to restore land covered in heavy fuel and dense trees. “We have a forest health crisis in Washington State,” said Commissioner of ...

In 2005, when Gordon Hempton founded One Square Inch of Silence, he designated a spot, a few miles up the Hoh River Trail into the rain forest, the quietest place in the U.S. and marked it with a ...

In Washington state, blazes have burned more than 665,000 acres of land and clogged the skies with smoke. The fires come on top of the pandemic, which had already hobbled schools and businesses.

And the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Southwest Washington saw 20,000 acres of forest land burn. ... On the west side, many forests are extremely dense, with too many smaller trees per acre.

Explore Washington’s famous Hoh Rain Forest, a breathtaking part of Olympic National Park with over 140 inches of annual rain. Trails like the Hall of Mosses and Spruce Nature Trail showcase dense ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – A fire broke out in the West Plains near Thorpe Road on Friday morning sending crews into a dense forest area. The Spokane Fire Department was dispatched around 7:00 a.m. to ...

In Washington state, private forest landowners generally replant trees in the 12 to 18 months following a harvest. On average, there are three trees planted for every one that is harvested, ...