U.S. Forest Service work to reduce wildfire fuel was down nearly 40 percent from where it’s been on average over the last ...

Wildfires in Washington state have scorched more than a quarter-million acres this year, according to the Washington ...

The Washington Fire season has officially come to a close as of Monday, according to Department of Natural Resources ...

Faced with a budget deficit during the last session of the legislature, lawmakers cut the amount of money DNR expected to ...

A bipartisan agreement to spend more to fight wildfires in Washington needs additional funding, which could come from climate ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove is ready to fight the state to restore budget cuts coming to ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington officials provided an assessment update today on the 2025 wildfire season. Dave Upthegrove, the first-year commissioner of public lands, described it as a typical fire ...

Of Washington's 22 million forested acres, the Department of Natural Resources manages about 3 million acres of state land.

A complex of fires in north-central Washington has burned about 379 square miles — more than four times the size of Seattle — making it the largest wildfire in the state since record-keeping started.

WASHINGTON - Wildfires continue to impact air quality in Washington as the Labor Mountain and Lower Sugarloaf fires burn over 40,000 acres each in Central Washington. According to Commissioner of ...