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Initial Attack Failure: The East Evans Creek Fire and a Familiar Pattern

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Initial Attack Failure: The East Evans Creek Fire and a Familiar Pattern

With wildfire, the conversation is shifting from suppression to prevention. This opinion piece argues that reducing fine fuels before ignition—rather than relying solely on firefighting after the fact—may be one of the most important challenges facing land managers in the American West.

How Donkeys Help Prevent Wildfires in Spain

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How Donkeys Help Prevent Wildfires in Spain

Meet Catalonia's newest and furriest firefighters: a herd of 62 rescue donkeys.

Restoring Biodiversity - 7/21/2026

Restoring Biodiversity - 7/21/2026

Federal and state officials are dramatically expanding sterile-fly releases. Feral pigs are tearing up America. Opposing wild horse rewilding is recklessly negligent. And more..

Gavin Newsom’s “Zone 0” Disaster: The Governor’s Latest Wildfire “Solution” Is a Deadly Farce

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Gavin Newsom’s “Zone 0” Disaster: The Governor’s Latest Wildfire “Solution” Is a Deadly Farce

California Governor Gavin Newsom has just signed one of the most arrogant, ignorant, and outright dangerous executive orders in recent memory: the so-called “Zone 0” mandate.

Fuel, Fire, and Wild Horses

Fuel, Fire, and Wild Horses

Wildfire continues to devastate the American West at increasing rates. As this video is posted, wildfires are burning across more than 768,000-acres of land in twelve Western states, and 500,000-acres in Canada. Ten fires are in Idaho, which has been under a smoke cloud for days.

‘Rewilding’ Horses Aims to Mitigate Wildfires, Reduce Insured Losses

'Rewilding’ Horses Aims to Mitigate Wildfires, Reduce Insured Losses

Wild Horse Fire Brigade’s Natural Wildfire Abatement and Forest Protection Plan is designed to relocate wild horses from Bureau of Land Management facilities into the wilderness, an effort designed to reduce the size and intensity of wildfires.

Cost-effectively Wildfire Grazing Steep Ground With Lava Flows (Talus Field) by Wild Horses

Cost-effectively Wildfire Grazing Steep Ground With Lava Flows (Talus Field) by Wild Horses

“As discussed in this video, so-called ‘invasive’ horses – actually North America’s oldest native species, can reduce wildfire and restore habitat in areas unreachable by any other large grazer. Watch this 1-minute video and judge for yourself: NOTE: this post was originally shared with us by Capt. William

Wild Horses Can Prevent Out-of-control Wildfires Out West, Researcher Says. Here’s How

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Wild Horses Can Prevent Out-of-Control Wildfires Out West, Researcher Says. Here’s How

Roaming wild horses may help cut down on the size and intensity of wildfires out west, according to research from the Wild Horse Fire Brigade. NOTE: this article was originally published to SacBee.com on October 18, 2022. It was written by By Brooke Baitinger. Roaming wild horses may help