California Wildfires

California Fire Tracker
San Francisco Chronicle

Why California continues to burn (infographic)
San Francisco Chronicle

A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires
New Yorker

How California’s Efforts to Prevent Wildfires Reflect a National Crisis on Climate Change
New Yorker

Can California avoid a third year of fire catastrophe? Here’s what’s been fixed — and what hasn’t
San Francisco Chronicle

When Fire Season Lasts All Year Long
Los Angeles Times

The Era of Megafires: The Crisis Facing California and What Will Happen Next
The Guardian

As this Sonoma County land preserve heals from the devastating Tubbs fire, so too does its steward
Los Angeles Times

2018 was California’s worst year of fire ever, federal report confirms
Los Angeles Times

With 147 million dead trees, Californians brace for fire
San Francisco Chronicle

What it's like to be caught in a deadly wildfire
Yale Climate Connections

The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires
Yale Climate Connections

See how a warmer world primed California for large fires
National Geographic

How the coronavirus pandemic is crippling California's efforts to prevent catastrophic wildfires
San Francisco Chronicle

Will the Pandemic Make the West More Vulnerable to Wildfires?
New York Times

California is gearing up for a wildfire season amid a pandemic. Here’s what to expect
San Francisco Chronicle

Fires, Blackouts, a Heat Wave and a Pandemic: California’s ‘Horrible’ Month
New York Times

$1 billion federal-state agreement seeks to reduce California wildfire risks
San Francisco Chronicle

Monster firestorm brings death and devastation back to area hit by California’s worst fire
Los Angeles Times

How climate change is fueling record-breaking California wildfires, heat and smog
Los Angeles Times

Extraordinary heat, rare summer snow brought unprecedented West Coast firestorms
Los Angeles Times

Record Wildfires on the West Coast Are Capping a Disastrous Decade
New York Times

'The Big Burn' of 1910 transformed wildland firefighting. Will 2020 do the same?
NBC News

The West Coast Wildfires Are Apocalypse, Again
New Yorker

Billions of dollars spent on fighting California wildfires, but little on prevention
Los Angeles Times

California unveils sweeping wildfire prevention plan amid record fire losses and drought
Los Angeles Times

California braces for extreme 2021 wildfire season - it's very dry out there
San Francisco Chronicle

California is primed for a severe fire season, but just how bad is anybody’s guess
Los Angeles Times

Anatomy of a monster: How the Dixie fire became California’s biggest of the year
Los Angeles Times

California wildfires are climbing higher up mountains, putting more forest at risk of flames
San Francisco Chronicle

California is up in smoke but still won’t stop playing with fire
San Francisco Chronicle

The fires are different this year - bigger and faster. What's fueling the change?
San Francisco Chronicle

California fires are burning at higher elevations than ever, creating new dangers
Los Angeles Times

The Dixie Fire disaster and me
Salon

The Dixie fire threatened to pass 1 million acres, then was stopped in its tracks. Here’s how
Los Angeles Times

Inside the Fight Against the Dixie Fire
New York Times

What It’s Like to Fight a Megafire
New Yorker

This Isn’t the California I Married
New York Times

Wildfires are getting worse across the globe. How does California compare?
Los Angeles Times

Hellish fires, low pay, trauma: California’s Forest Service firefighters face a morale crisis
Los Angeles Times

Will California Ever Let Sierra Nevada Forests Burn?
New York Times

California Fire and Floods Turn a River to ‘Sludge,’ Killing Thousands of Fish
New York Times

Lightning is extremely rare in the Bay Area. But here’s why it can be so dangerous when it strikes.
San Francisco Chronicle

Wildfires are getting worse. Can scientists save California’s forests from going up in smoke?
Los Angeles TImes

This one fact will completely change how you think about California wildfires
San Francisco Chronicle

A Clear Indication That Climate Change Is Burning Up California
The Atlantic

Anthropogenic climate change impacts exacerbate summer forest fires in California
PNAS

Wildfires, Health & Safety

Wildland Fire Research: Health Effects Research
US Environmental Protection Agency

Smoke-Ready Toolbox for Wildfires
US Environmental Protection Agency

Stanford engineer’s study shows effects of biomass burning on climate, health
Stanford University Engineering

Controlled burns not only help forest health but human health, study finds
San Francisco Chronicle

Why do mudflows sometimes form after wildfires?
Yale Climate Connections

Buried in mud: Wildfires threaten North American water supplies
Salon

Could coronavirus collide with wildfire season?
San Francisco Chronicle

Western states are entering an active wildfire season just as coronavirus cases spike
Washington Post

California prepares for intense fire season as Covid-19 adds complications
The Guardian

Western fire season could raise stakes in battle against Covid-19
Politico

California’s Air Quality Is Poor. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
New York Times

Health Issues Surge As Wildfire Smoke Hits Millions In U.S.
HuffPost

Wildfires Threaten Urban Water Supplies, Long After the Flames Are Out
New York Times

Smoke from California's wildfires could contain dangerous levels of toxic metals, new research shows
San Francisco Chronicle

Underpaid firefighters, overstretched budgets: The U.S. isn’t prepared for fires fueled by climate change
Washington Post

‘Burn scars’ of wildfires threaten drinking water in much of California and the West
Los Angeles Times

Current approach to wildfires risks lives and wastes money, say experts
The Guardian

California wildfire smoke may rise to practically unbearable levels in next decades
San Francisco Chronicle

Does Wildfire Smoke Cause Lung Cancer?
New York Times

The American West’s Haunting, Smoke-Filled Future
New York Times

Living With Wildfire

Wildfire Housing Crisis

Fuel Reduction including Prescribed Fire

A Forecast for a Warming World: Learn to Live With Fire
New York Times

The West has many wildfires, but too few prescribed burns, study finds
Los Angeles Times

Gov. Gavin Newsom declares emergency in California amid wildfire threats
San Francisco Chronicle

To Help Prevent the Next Big Wildfire, Let the Forest Burn
New York Times

In California’s new wildfire reality, facing the need for periodic fires to clear fuel
San Francisco Chronicle

Fighting Fire with Fire: California Turns to Prescribed Burning
Yale Environment 360

Megafires: Fighting Fire with Fire Could Reduce Destructive, Out of Control Blazes
East Bay Times

National Park Service cancels controlled burn near Earth's largest tree
Los Angeles Times

Start-up Blue Forest secures funding for first privately financed forest fire bond
Los Angeles Times

Native Tribes are Taking Fire Control Into Their Own Hands
Wired

California’s ambitious plan to stop deadly wildfires may not be enough, experts say
San Francisco Chronicle

Fighting fire with fire: Should California burn its forests to protect against catastrophe?
The Modesto Bee

The bitter lesson of the Californian fires
The Conversation

California wildfires weren’t always this destructive
High Country News

Why This Community Is Fighting Wildfires By Setting Fire To Itself
HuffPost

Native Solutions to Big Fires
New York Times

With wildfires on the rise, indigenous fire management is poised to make a comeback
Grist

What California Stands To Learn From Indigenous Fire Management Practices
Forbes

They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?
ProPublica

California tribe offered solution to wildfire management. Was U.S. Forest Service listening?
San Francisco Chronicle

As wildfires explode in the West, Forest Service can’t afford prevention efforts
Los Angeles Times

Land Managers Can’t Burn the West Fast Enough
The Atlantic

‘There’s good fire and bad fire.’ An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires
National Geographic

California must burn more of its forests to save them. Is the public ready?
San Francisco Chronicle

The number of controlled burns is rising in California. Is it enough?
San Francisco Chronicle

‘The fire moved around it’: success story in Oregon fuels calls for prescribed burns
The Guardian

Living with Fire
Bay Nature

For tribes, ‘good fire’ a key to restoring nature and people
AP

This Vast Wildfire Lab Is Helping Foresters Prepare for a Hotter Planet
New York Times

How to Save a Forest by Burning It
New York Times

Fire on the Landscape
Leaf Litter

Can a $20-million liability fund encourage more ‘good fire’ in California?
Los Angeles Times

The Perverse Policies That Fuel Wildfires
New Yorker

Climate Change & Wildfire

Smokey Bear Is 75. Is It Time For Him To Retire?
HuffPost

Elizabeth Warren’s new climate plan uses wildfire wisdom from tribes
Salon

Wildfires a massive threat to California’s progress in cutting greenhouse gases, report says
Los Angeles Times

Camp Fire’s climate toll: Greenhouse gases equal about a week of California auto emissions
San Francisco Chronicle

Huge wildfires can wipe out California’s greenhouse gas gains
San Francisco Chronicle

California trumpets its climate leadership. But wildfires and flying could stymie its goals
San Francisco Chronicle

The Amazon, Siberia, Indonesia: A World of Fire
New York Times

Climate Change Is Fueling Wildfires Nationwide, New Report Warns
New York Times

Scientists say halting deforestation ‘just as urgent’ as reducing emissions
The Guardian

A Warming World is Sparking More and Bigger Wildfires
Yale Environment 360

Why Big, Intense Wildfires Are the New Normal
National Geographic

California’s peak fire season is shifting toward December, study shows
San Francisco Chronicle

Did Climate Change Worsen the Southern California Fires?
The Atlantic

How Climate Change is Making Disasters Like the Carr Fire More Likely
Washington Post

The Common Thread in California's Wildfires: Heat Like the State Has Never Seen
Los Angeles Times

Wildfires Raging in Greece and California Prove Climate Change Is Here
The Daily Beast

Why the Wildfires of 2018 Have Been So Ferocious
The Atlantic

The P.G.&E. Bankruptcy and the Coming Climate-Related Business Failures
The New Yorker

Here’s an Especially Terrifying New Danger from the Rise in Wildfires
Mother Jones

Are winter wildfires actually due to climate change?
The Conversation

Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?
The Conversation

Wildfires and climate change: What's the connection?
Yale Climate Connections

In 20 Years, Wildfires Will Be Six Times Larger
Outside

Here's What We Know about Wildfires and Climate Change
Scientific American

In Case You Missed it - climate change and wildfire
Yale Climate Connections

As climate changes, sprawl becomes an increasing fire risk
San Francisco Chronicle

Giant sequoias — long survivors of the forest — succumbing to climate-driven wildfires
San Francisco Chronicle

How Wildfires Can Affect Climate Change (and Vice Versa)
Inside Climate News

A Climate Reckoning in Fire-Stricken California
New York Times

These Changes Are Needed Amid Worsening Wildfires, Experts Say
New York Times

The Energy 202: California's fires are putting a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the air
Washington Post

The Most Important Number for the West’s Hideous Fire Season
The Atlantic

The Age of Megafires: The World Hits a Climate Tipping Point
Yale Environment 360

Wildfire smoke in Pacific north-west erasing reductions in emissions
The Guardian

Massive wildfires helped fuel global forest losses in 2021
Washington Post

Why Climate Change Makes It Harder to Fight Fire With Fire
New York Times

A single, devastating California fire season wiped out years of efforts to cut emissions
Los Angeles Times

Climate change boosts risk of extreme wildfires 25%: study
Phys.org

Wildfires and Climate Change
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

Reforestation

Wildfire Behavior