Prescribed fires are a critical tool to preventing catastrophic wildfires. Such controlled burning helps reduce the intensity ...

A controlled or prescribed burn, also known as hazard reduction burning, backfire, swailing, or a burn-off, is a fire set intentionally for purposes of forest management, farming, prairie restoration ...

“A controlled burn would be where we have a plan to light a fire for some reason,” Carreiro explained. “That's typically going to be in the sense of vegetation management projects, and so we ...

Indigenous groups have been teaching volunteers their controlled burning techniques. The impacts of wildfires are being felt more than ever — environmentally and financially. More from News ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is gearing up for its controlled burn season, which runs January through August. People who live in and near longleaf pine forests from the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is gearing up for controlled burn season. From January through August, people who live in and near longleaf pine forests from Sandhills to the ...