A Gripping Narrative on the New Reality of Wildfire
By Erica Sánchez Vázquez / On September 4th, 2019
Photos from the book Firestorm, now available in paperback, offer a glimpse into the new reality of wildfire.
How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future: A Conversation with Edward Struzik
By Katharine Sucher / On October 4th, 2017
Edward Struzik's Firestorm is a "comprehensive and compelling" (Booklist) look at wildfires in the age of climate change. We sat down with Struik to talk about wildfire, first responders, and how megafires will shape our future. Have more questions for Struzik? Share them in the comments below.
This Earth Day, We Celebrate the Northwest Forest Plan
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On April 22nd, 2015
The Wilderness Act at 50: Better With Age
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On September 4th, 2014
Editor’s note: Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act. To commemorate the anniversary, we asked a small group of Island Press authors to reflect on the influence of this law to date and how its role may or should change as we move into an uncertain future. This is the last piece in the series. It is reprinted from 50 Years of American Wilderness with permission.
Why Our Forests Need Fire, Not Salvage Logging
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On December 13th, 2013
For over two decades, I have studied forests from Oregon's amazing coastal rainforests to the fire-adapted forests of the West. In dry forests, there are three issues that reoccur every fire season: (1) forests will burn regardless of what we do; (2) politicians will propose unchecked post-fire "salvage" logging, even in national parks, as a quick fix; and (3) scientists will continue to document the incredible regeneration that takes place after fires and how post-fire logging disrupts forest renewal.
#Foreword Friday: Lessons from Fire Edition
By Jason Leppig / On November 1st, 2013
This Friday, get some history about the 1988 fires that devastated Yellowstone. Rocky Barker, environmental reporter for the Idaho Statesman, takes us on a journey The Washington Post calls, "part policy treatise, part history, and part adventure story."
Heavy Logging vs Fires
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On October 22nd, 2013
From the Sacramento Bee
Viewpoints: Fires can be restorative, unlike heavy logging
When Will the Fish & Wildlife Service Give a Hoot for Spotted Owls?
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On July 5th, 2012
Perhaps no other species symbolizes the conflict over logging in the Pacific Northwest more than the northern spotted owl. This medium-sized, forest-dwelling raptor has been credited with shutting down the logging industry in the 1990s and with shouldering the responsibility of conservation for hundreds of species that share its old-growth forest habitat.
The Wildfires in Hawaii Are a Loss for Our World
By Admin / On March 28th, 2011
The wildfire created by the recent eruption of the Kilauea volcano on the Island of Hawaii has already burned some 2,000 acres in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, home to 23 species of endangered plants and 6 endangered birds. Because this fire now threatens a relatively pristine native rain forest that is home to Hawaii's famous happyface spiders and honeycreeper songbirds, Park officials are quite rightly doing everything they can to stop it. As a whole, Hawaii is a globally important paradise that is dying on our watch.