California lawmakers proposed making fossil fuel companies liable for natural disasters by allowing natural disaster victims and insurance companies to sue them due to their alleged impact on the environment.

PORTLAND (WGME) – A Maine Forest Ranger battling California’s wildfires is sharing an update on the region's progress. Nearly two weeks ago, Governor Janet Mills sent eight forest rangers to California to help first responders on the ground. Right now, the rangers are working to put out a huge fire just north of Santa Clarita.

With less funding in the current budget, the management of public lands is likely to change substantially, and this may have

A fleet of firefighting aircraft sits at the Santa Maria Public Airport where the state's extreme fire weather has led to an unprecedented number of air

While the White House sits more than 2,000 miles from the Golden State, the commander-in-chief’s actions stand to affect plenty of Californians. About 250,000 federal workers live in California, including tens of thousands in the Bay Area.

A bill to speed forest-thinning on federal lands is poised to pass the House later this week. Another forest-related bill passed easily Tuesday.

Federal investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating two men who were seen on surveillance cameras breaking into a U.S. Forest Service vehicle and stealing critical

A former federal firefighter said the president’s executive order could interrupt the government’s ability to hire seasonal employees.

Efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn't be influenced by politics, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday at her Senate confirmation hearing.

Nine firefighters from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry will spend 14 days in Southern California.

Since the Palisades wildfire began in California on Jan. 7, firefighting crews have been working to contain them.

Even after these fires have ended, scientists say climate change means more frequent and intense wildfires in the future, with drought-like conditions in the western United States more likely ... according to the U.S. Forest Service.