US Forest Service
Republicans Are Trying to Run a Long Con on Public Lands
A new bill, H.R. 622, would open the door for future alt-right occupations in America’s wildest places.
The US Forest Service Is Burning Through Its Budget Fighting Wildfires
In 1995, the agency spent 16 percent of its funding on fighting fires — this year it estimates it will spend 52 percent.
NASA Is Testing Next-Generation Fire Shelters at a Burn Site In Northern Canada
Not unlike a spacecraft tearing through the atmosphere, NASA’s hope is that its material will be able to weather a wildfire’s blazing heat—saving lives in the process—unlike any emergency shelter before.
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Mossless in America: Young Suh
Where there's smoke, there's California-based photographer Young Suh, who embeds himself with firefighters in the American West to make hazy photographs of controlled wildfires set by the US Forest Service.
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