JACKSONVILLE, Ore. - With fire season approaching in Oregon, the Jacksonville Fire Department is bringing in heavy machinery to clear brush and create defensible space around the community. The fire ...

In time for fire season, crews from Santa Rosa Parks and Recreation brought a “Masticator” into Roseland NeighborWood. This is a mechanical brush-clearing machine, similar to a Bobcat, with a front ...

PARADISE — There are plenty of ways to reduce fire fuels, but only nine special masticators are made for quickly trimming down brush. One of them is on the Paradise ridge this week. Fuel reduction has ...

COMANCHE COUNTY (KFDX/KJTL) — Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believe they know the cause of the Rush Fire that has burned more than 12,000 acres of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife ...

If you live in an area that experiences hurricanes, tornadoes, snowstorms, or just the occasional windy night, you've likely seen a fallen tree that had been completely destroyed by wind. Falling ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

When a neighbor’s tree hangs over your property it can be a nuisance—and even cause damage. But tread carefully before you trim it. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house.

The Bradford pear tree, with its fluffy white early-spring blossoms, is a looker. Even the tree's putrid aroma emitted at full-bloom hasn't kept it from becoming a go-to ornamental option for ...

As we hang far above the ground on a sunny October day, it would be easy to focus on the blue crests of hills and the small towns tucked in between. But Richard Peters, who’s with me inside a metal ...

There is a sycamore in the front yard of my grandparents’ house, the house where my father grew up. It is a giant, towering over the home, the yard, the whole neighborhood. Last spring, when my ...

On a promontory above Puget Sound, a Douglas fir with arms bent at right angles stands above a quiet cove, where shellfish would have been gathered, long before this place was settled by newcomers.