Longleaf pine, in its young "grassy" phase ... Fireweed seed lies in litter and soil until liberated by a deep burn. Such plants are true pyrophytes—fire-lovers whose survival depends on ...

You wouldn’t think it would be this hard to set a state park on fire. From a distance, the effort isn’t obvious: The white plume rising from Gulf State Park can be seen from miles way. Southbound ...

According to information provided by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), the burn will take ...

Olivia Walker grew up with a love of hiking in the woods, not realizing at the time she might be walking among endangered ...

I do not remember ever thinking about pinecones being a crop, nor about a fluctuation in the number of pinecones from year to ...