The OSU researchers conducted a spatial analysis of major forest fires from 2000 to 2012 and found that more than 80 percent of those fires in the western U.S. were in the seasonal snow zone, and ...

So when a wildfire moves through a forest, scientists say to expect more snow to pile up on the ground. But the lack of tree cover also causes that accumulated snow to behave differently.

Light snow covers the charred forest on the hike to Triple Falls, a trail that follows the sheer cliff walls above Oneonta Gorge along the lower Columbia River. Jamie Hale/The Oregonian.

Snow fell in areas as low as 3,000 feet in the Santa Barbara County mountains on Thanksgiving Day, blanketing some spots charred by the 3,100-acre Cave Fire that’s yet to be fully contained ...

By the time the New Jersey Forest Fire Service got it under control, it had burned 843 acres, an area the size of Central Park. Posted 3:37 a.m. Sep 26, 2018 — Updated 3:37 a.m. Sep 26, 2018 By ...

GREELEY, Colorado – Record-breaking wildfires in 2020 turned huge swaths of Western forests into barren, sooty scars. Those forests store winter snowpack that millions of ...

By the time the New Jersey Forest Fire Service got it under control, it had burned 843 acres, an area the size of Central Park. Scenes From a Charred Forest, Bursting With New Life spotlight ...