Fire is a normal part of the natural environment in California, so if you live in the wildland-urban interface, it’s not so much a question of if, but of when your home will be exposed to wildfire.

Garden centers and nurseries are bursting with plants that are drought tolerant, pollinator friendly and deer resistant. They also have ground covers, shrubs and trees that are less likely to fuel a ...

Ashland residents concerned their home isn’t ready to ward off a fire are inviting wildfire mitigation specialist Charisse Sydoriak to walk their property and show them how they can reduce the ...

Home hardening means using fire-resistant building materials and landscaping to protect buildings from heat, flames and a blast of embers during a firestorm. Here’s a brief overview of what that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. With the recent wildfire devastation in ...

Flames dancing across a backyard might sound like a scene from an action movie, but for some homeowners, it’s an all-too-real hazard. Fire officials across the country are waving red flags about a ...

Residents of the Treasure Valley looking to remodel their landscaping to be more fire resistant and drought tolerant are in luck. On June 4, Brett Van Paepeghem, the Southern Idaho project manager for ...

It’s springtime, and many of us are adding new plants to our gardens. That means it is also a good time to review the principles of creating defensible space around our homes. Fire is a normal part of ...

Fire is a normal part of the natural environment in California, so if you live in the wildland-urban interface, it’s not so much a question of if, but of when your home will be exposed to wildfire.