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A hot, dry summer on the heels of a wet winter raises the risk of wildfires.

“The incentive is often not to burn,” wrote a research team in a recent paper in Frontiers in Ecology and Environment.

Long-banned in California, prescribed and cultural burning practices are being looked at as a tool to help prevent large, destructive wildfires.

A relatively quiet wildfire season and the right weather at the right time have allowed for a productive stretch of prescribed burning in California.

Forest thinning and controlled burns take away fuel for fires, but the US can only treat so many acres. Which ones to choose?

Fire crews arrived at Martin Close in Malvern after receiving reports of a fire

With the exception of carved sculpture, the making of art has historically been an additive, creative process in which materials are turned into ingenious works. It is both the physical hand and innovative talent of the artist that transform materials into objects that have meaning beyond their simple constitutive elements. Bringing together works by Susan Hiller, John Latham, and Carolee Schneemann from the period when all three were based in London and in dialogue with one another, Controlled...

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Joined by an illustrious lineup of players including Yasmin Williams, Ryley Walker, and jaimie branch, the Chicago-based guitarist constructs wistful, evocative psychic landscapes.

Controlled burns can benefit ecosystems and prevent wildfires burning out of control.