The forests constitute a wide range of landscapes with different, often unique, needs for protection, restoration and ...

Hectares of conifer forest change due to drought, wildfire, and drought-related bark beetle infestation between 2011 and 2020 in the Sierra Nevada area studied by UC Berkeley researcher Zachary L ...

Climate Crisis Is Destroying Oregon’s Conifer Forests “Nature is saying there is just not enough to support the firs, and they will over time be eliminated.” ...

Fire in “dense conifer reproduction” (dense young “doghair” lodgepole that takes over five or 10 years after a clearcut) spreads at 1.75 mph and can burn 650 acres after an hour.

Hotter and drier conditions are destroying the ability of many Western conifer forests to spring back after wildfires, a new study has found. The onslaught of destructive fire and climate change ...

Young giant sequoia trees are seen during a prescribed pile burning on Feb. 19 in Sequoia National Forest. Researchers say 20% of Sierra Nevada conifers are a mismatch with their climate.

A warming climate has left a fifth of the conifer forests that blanket California's Sierra Nevada stranded in habitats that no longer suit them, according to a study published last week by ...