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Fires scorch France, Spain; temperature-related deaths soar

By Associated Press
The base of a Giant Sequoia tree. (Photo by the National Park Service/ Kiel Maddox)
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Wildfire grows near famed Yosemite grove of sequoia trees

By Associated Press
In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, Jason Nez, center, talks to wildland fire personnel working a blaze in northern Arizona in 2021. Nez is a Navajo archaeologist and firefighter who advises fire officials on how to protect archaeological resources. (Paul Dawson/U.S. Forest Service via AP)
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Fires sweep land rich with ancient sites, artifacts

By Felicia Fonseca, AP Writer
The Cerro Pelado Fire burns in the Jemez Mountains on Friday, April 29, 2022 in Cochiti, N.M.. (Photo by Robert Browman//The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
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As wildfire closes in, New Mexico residents prepare to flee

By The Associated Press
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Bulldozers, aircraft used to fight fire in New Mexico

By The Associated Press
San Miguel County Sheriff's Officers patrol N.M. 94 near Penasco Blanco, N.M. as the Calf Fire burns near by Friday, April 22, 2022. Destructive Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous small villages in New Mexico in the path of danger, as wind-fueled flames chewed up wide swaths of tinder dry forest and grassland and towering plumes of smoke filled the sky. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
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Wildfires rage across Arizona, New Mexico and Nebraska

By Pauly Denetclaw
Researchers fitted this Mexican gray wolf with a radio collar in 2018. They estimate about two dozen Mexican gray wolf packs live in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico. (Photo courtesy of Jenna Miller, Cronkite News)
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Growth slows for endangered Mexican gray wolf population

By Susan Montoya Bryan, AP Writer
The Marshall Fire in Colorado burned the home of Ime and Gary Salazar. (Photo courtesy of Ime Salazar)
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Changing snowfall makes it harder to fight fire with fire

By The Associated Press
A scoop plane drops water onto a burning ridge in Washington state where a fire line had been created by crews of wildland firefighters, Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Lick Creek Fire, south of Asotin, Wash. (Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP)
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US plans $50B wildfire fight

By The Associated Press
A firefighter lays hose around the Foothills Visitor Center while battling the KNP Complex Fire in Sequoia National Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. The blaze is burning near the Giant Forest, home to more than 2,000 giant sequoias. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Wildfires torch thousands of giant sequoia trees

By Associated Press
A firefighter lays hose around the Foothills Visitor Center while battling the KNP Complex Fire in Sequoia National Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. The blaze is burning near the Giant Forest, home to more than 2,000 giant sequoias. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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California wildfires threaten sequoia trees, tribal lands

By The Associated Press
A scoop plane drops water onto a burning ridge in Washington state where a fire line had been created by crews of wildland firefighters, Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Lick Creek Fire, south of Asotin, Wash. (Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP)
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Joe Biden points to wildfires to push for big rebuild

By Associated Press
Flames from the Dixie Fire consume a home in the Indian Falls community of Plumas County, Calif., Saturday, July 24, 2021. The fire destroyed multiple residences as it tore through the area. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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'It’s time to go'

By Associated Press
Ft. Belknap fire in Montana. (Photo by Rod Benson)
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Gaps in wildfire smoke warning network exposed

By The Associated Press
Hays/Lodge Pole High School in Ft. Belknap, Montana. (Photo by Rod Benson)
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Montana tribes banded together during fire season

By Jason Begay
Pictured: The Thomas Fire in California's Los Padres National Forest, 2017.
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Why it takes months to subdue some wildfires

By The Associated Press
The aftermath of the Bootleg Fire—green and blackened areas—is markedly different where thinning and prescribed burns were done in partnership with Tribes and the U.S. Forest Service. (Leah Nash/Underscore.news)
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A wildfire hits home

By Underscore News
Denim Irish stops in the road before heading to the fire line as the Richard Spring fire moves toward Ashland, Montana on Aug. 10, 2021. Ashland and communities in and around the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana were evacuated ahead of a massive, wind-driven wildfire that threatened the area. (Mike Clark/The Billings Gazette via AP)
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Forest Service maxed out as wildfires break across West

By The Associated Press
Rowdy Alexander watches from atop his horse as a hillside burns on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Wednesday, Aug 11, 2021, near Lame Deer, Mont. The Richard Spring fire was threatening hundreds of homes as it burned across the reservation. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
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Fires charring range set up ranchers for hardship in West

By The Associated Press
A scoop plane drops water onto a burning ridge in Washington state where a fire line had been created by crews of wildland firefighters, Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Lick Creek Fire, south of Asotin, Wash. (Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP)
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Wildfires calm down in cool weather, but losses grow

By Associated Press
As of July 17, 2021, the Beckwourth Complex Fire has consumed 105,000 acres and is 68 percent contained. Shown here on July 9, firefighters battle the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, in Doyle, Calif.(AP Photo by Noah Berger).
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Size of Oregon wildfire underscores vastness of the West

By Associated Press
Firefighters from Oregon and other nationwide agencies meet at Chiloquin High School before heading toward the Bootleg Fire, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Chiloquin, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
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Fires threaten Indigenous lands in desiccated Northwest

By The Associated Press
File photo (Courtesy of Washington Department of Natural Resources)
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Colville reservation fire consumes 34 square miles

By Joaqlin Estus