CARSON CITY (AP) — Nevada forestry officials are convening a virtual summit to help the public learn how to protect their homes and communities from wildfires. Next week's summit follows a devastating ...

The U.S. Forest Service has struck down an unpopular plan to open federal land in the Ruby Mountains in Northern Nevada for oil exploration. The agency announced Thursday it won’t allow oil and gas ...

The Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) provided more than $32 million worth of firefighting equipment and services to other states between 2020 and 2024 without billing for those services, according to ...

The U.S. Forest Service is prepared to open almost 54,000 acres in the Ruby Mountains to new oil and gas exploration, according to a document obtained by an environmental group fighting the plan. In ...

The Great Basin National Park was rated as one of the most disappointing parks in the country. Here's what isn't disappointing about the park.

In January 2001, the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment (commonly called “the Framework”) was signed. The Framework provides guidance – a blueprint – for management of 11 Sierra Nevada national ...

The Sierra Nevada forest is an important resource for the surrounding communities in Nevada and California. Thinning the forest by removing trees by hand or using heavy machinery is one of the few ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The 9th Circuit has blocked the government's plan to log parts of the Sierra Nevada forest, rejecting the U.S. Forest Service's argument that it needs to cut and sell large trees ...

Prolonged drought, landscape-level bark beetle mortality and catastrophic wildfire have been increasing in frequency, extent and severity over the past few decades, and western forests will be ...

The most extreme drought event in hundreds of years caused a catastrophic die-off of the Sierra Nevada’s mature trees in 2015-2016. A study published July 1 in Nature Geoscience details how UC Merced ...