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America’s Forests Feeling the Heat from Beetles and Wildfires

October 21, 2011 By David Moulton

Bark Beetle Damage in Glacier National Park

Credit: William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org

Across America’s western regions, our vast green forests are changing colors, but not the traditional fall colors we celebrate this time of year. Millions of acres of pine forests in the central and northern Rockies are turning red, victimized by beetles that used to die off during cold winter months. Read more

Fire in Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness: Our ecologist blogs from 'the Bob' - Part 4

September 19, 2011 By Travis Belote, Ph.D.

A grizzly print found near the camp on the last day.

Credit: Travis Belote

Note: It's National Wilderness Month and what better way to celebrate than to get out to wilderness! No plans? No worries. Travel vicariously with Wilderness Society ecologist Travis Belote as he ventures through Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness to observe the aftermath of a major forest fire. <— Previous Read more

Fire in Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness: Our ecologist blogs from 'the Bob' - Part 3

September 19, 2011 By Travis Belote, Ph.D.

Scientists traveling with Travis collect data to learn more about the effects of forest fires in the Bob Marshall Wilderness

Credit: Travis Belote

Editor’s Note: It's National Wilderness Month and what better way to celebrate than to get out to wilderness! No plans? No worries. Travel vicariously with Wilderness Society ecologist Travis Belote as he ventures through Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness to observe the aftermath of a major forest fire. <— Previous Read more

Fire in Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness: Our ecologist blogs from 'the Bob' - Part 2

September 19, 2011 By Travis Belote, Ph.D.

The Hammer Creek Fire blows up

Credit: Travis Belote

It's National Wilderness Month and what better way to celebrate than to get out to wilderness! No plans? No worries. Travel vicariously with Wilderness Society ecologist Travis Belote as he ventures through Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness to observe the aftermath of a major forest fire. <— Previous Read more

Fire in Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness: Our ecologist blogs from 'the Bob' - Part 1

September 19, 2011 By Travis Belote, Ph.D.

A well needed break from carrying eight days of food and field gear into the Bob Marshall Wilderness.

Credit: Travis Belote

It's National Wilderness Month and what better way to celebrate than to get out to wilderness! No plans? No worries. Travel vicariously with Wilderness Society ecologist Travis Belote as he ventures through Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness to observe the aftermath of a major forest fire. By Travis Belote Read more

Living with Fire: Southern California’s Chaparral wildlands

September 2, 2011 By Rich Fairbanks

Los Padres National Forest in California

Southern California is known for its mild Mediterranean climate where shorts and flip-flops are popular during the hot and sunny summer, sometimes right on through a balmy winter. Not nearly as famous, but just as characteristic of the Southland, are its chaparral wild lands. Chaparral is a native plant community of many species, including  chamise, red shank, ceanothus, manzanita, scrub oak and other shrubby plants. Region:  California Read more

House Leadership Attacks Wild Lands: Read our blog from the debate

February 15, 2011 By Christopher Lancette

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to make drastic cuts to conservation spending through a continuing resolution it passed Feb 19. These initiatives would deliver crushing blows to wildlands, public health and to economic growth. We followed the debate by live blogging from the Hill. You can read that blog below.    Saturday Feb. 19 Read more

Wild forests fare better under fire

October 7, 2010 By Rich Fairbanks

A University of Montana study about the connection between logging and wildfires ratifies what many firefighters have long held as a truism: In Ponderosa pine and mixed conifer, fires tend to be hotter and nastier on logged ground than in unlogged forests. Read more