New Jersey's fall wildfire season is off to an early start with the ignition of the Buckabear Wildfire​ last Wednesday.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and ...

The Forest Service is reversing course as it faces growing pressure over workers falling ill with cancer and lung disease.

A stagnant weather pattern will limit rainfall across much of the East, raising fire danger and stressing vegetation as ...

Joel had never worn a mask while fighting fires. I learned that the Forest Service actually had a decades-old policy of ...

Australian public health authorities have been urged to prepare for a possible increase in severe COVID-19 cases during the ...

A powerful new movie brings the 2018 wildfire in Paradise, California, to the big screen, and the true story of the heroes who saved nearly two dozen children.

Additional personnel were assigned to fires in Utah and Nevada, while three Forest Rangers were deployed to Montana, where 49 ...

Severe drought conditions are spreading across Vermont, New Hampshire, and northern New York, marking one of the region’s ...

Renee Anderson is a digital producer at CBS New York, where she covers breaking news and other local stories. Before joining the team in 2016, Renee worked at WMUR-TV. A wildfire is burning in Passaic ...

After years of wildland firefighters developing cancer, lung disease and other health issues while not being allowed to wear ...

Robert Redford, who passed away at 89, is remembered for his environmental activism and advocacy for Native Americans, ...