EditorialFlames from a prescribed burn, started by wildland firefighters in an attempt to halt the spread of larger wildfires, in Shining Bank, Alberta, Canada on May 19, 2023. (Jen Osborne/The New York Times)
EditorialA wildland fire crew from Colorado helping to contain the Mosquito Fire in Foresthill, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Jungho Kim/The New York Times)
EditorialThomas MacDonnell is director of conservation and forestry at WIldland Ltd., a company that aims to prove that reviving Scotland’s peat can be environmentally useful and profitable. (Catherine Hyland/The New York Times)
EditorialNew development in outlying areas of Middletown, Calif., can provide firefighters with access roads and more eyes on the ground to help put out wildland blazes more quickly. (Bryan Meltz/The New York Times)