The Winnebago County Board of Supervisors is working to assess the cost of the Mount Valley Township fire last spring and ...

According to Wesley Fire Chief Lee Philbrook, a tractor trailer traveling on Route 9 left the roadway to avoid traffic and ...

According to a post at around 9 p.m. on the Washington County Regional Communications Center's Facebook page, and confirmed ...

A study entitled 'The Submergence of Wetlands' by Pantau Gambut presents the threat of flooding in peatlands area in ...

Reagan Powell matched her career high with 28 points, with 14 of them coming in a decisive second quarter run for top-seeded ...

Despite the Covington Drive fire being at 60% containment as of Monday, The South Carolina Forestry Commission said that ...

Fire crews are still battling a structure fire in Lamèque, in northeastern New Brunswick, that started at around 7:30 a.m. on ...

Peat soil, dry vegetation and often isolated locations are some of the reasons why fighting wildfires in certain areas of the ...

Most of the Carolina Forest wildfire remains contained —and soaking rains on March 10 helped — but state officials say the ...

A peat fire in Sumatra, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay. The case for protection is even more urgent because threats to peatlands appear to be increasing. Tropical peatlands are still ...