Which Tools Should I Choose to Cut Wood? Building a campfire? We review the pros and cons of the best wood cutting tools out there: hatchets, axes, handsaws, knives, and more. Written by Sean McCoy June 03, 2024
‘Four-Door Mountain Goat’: Ford Donates Firefighting Bronco to Protect Indigenous History Bandelier National Monument faces increased threats from wildfires. Ford is donating a souped-up Bronco to help. Written by Andrew McLemore June 28, 2023
Überleben Stöker Flatpack Stove Review: Slow Down With Natural Fuel Überleben Stöker Flatpack Stove is a wood-fire camping stove that packs flat and won’t break down, or run out of fuel. Written by Nick LeFort January 05, 2023
Re-Forester: Subaru Pledges 1 Million Trees to Aid Wildfire Recovery After 2 years of successful efforts in California, Subaru will grow its Re-Foresting Project in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington state. Written by Jilli Cluff November 02, 2021
Extreme Fire Danger Shutters All CA National Forests Forest officials ordered the closure of California’s 19 national forests from Aug. 31 to Sept. 17. Violators face imprisonment and hefty fines. Written by Jilli Cluff August 31, 2021
Fighting Fires, Challenging Norms: Meet the Women of Wildland Firefighting In 2017, more than 1.1 million firefighters fought some of the most destructive fires in American history. Less than 10 percent of those firefighters were… Written by GJ Staff May 11, 2018
Solo Stove Review: Better Bonfire Without the Smoke Backyard bonfires are awesome. Smoke? Not so much. The Solo Stove Bonfire gives lots of heat, with a whole lot less fumes. Written by Sean McCoy June 07, 2017
Firewaall Makes ‘Curtain Of Fire’ To Heat Camp Start the fire with tinder in the bottom, add some larger sticks, and enjoy a vertical blaze. Written by Sean McCoy February 14, 2017
Wildfire App ‘Tells You What Firefighters Know’ With record droughts becoming the norm, wildfires have become a persistent threat. One ex-firefighter helped develop a new tool to keep you safe. Written by Adam Ruggiero August 17, 2016
Fire-Starter Face Off: Lighters, Matches, Ferro Rods What’s the best tool for starting a fire? In this burning face-off, we give 10 different fire-starting devices a grade from D- to ‘Hot Damn!’ Written by Sean McCoy June 02, 2016
Instant Fire, Just Pull String Pull the string, and get ready for a fairly exciting fire-starting experience. Written by Sean McCoy April 18, 2016
Cheap Fire-Starting Kit To Make At Home You can build this simple kit for just a few bucks, and it has all you need to start a fire. Written by Sean McCoy March 24, 2016
How To Build ‘Stealthy’ Fire In Hole In Ground Mix up your campfire with a ‘Dakota fire hole.’ Written by Sean McCoy September 24, 2015
