The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with a plan to harvest over 5,000 acres of trees in the Tongass National Forest, just east of Ketchikan. A majority of that will be old-growth trees, which ...

Despite its name, the Fix Our Forests Act would fast-track logging, weaken environmental safeguards, and do little to protect communities from wildfire or climate harm. James Hansen, formerly director ...

Aside from exercise and platforms that track it, such as Strava, the logging and its haters mostly focus on media consumption: films and books, primarily (Getty) It started in October, when I was so ...

A niche rule established by the U.S. Forest Service to justify the clearing of tens of thousands of acres of forest in the name of reducing wildfire risk was unlawfully created and applied, the U.S.

The U.S. Forest Service is backing out of a logging operation in the Pisgah National Forest days after environmental groups filed a lawsuit claiming it violated federal law because it didn’t notify ...

TROY, Mont. — Vincent Logging, a family-owned logging company in Libby is working with Hecla Mining Company to manage its forested lands for wildlife habitat. It's a 15-hundred acre research project ...

The timber industry was a mainstay of western Montana's economy for decades. But that economic force entered a sharp decline that continues today. Divisions between the industry and critics were ...

Two people died at logging sites in and around Lane County the week of Nov. 9, according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office. The first fatal logging accident occurred Nov. 10 at 10 a.m., according to ...

Some environmental groups are warning that a federal bill intended to prevent major wildfires could effectively increase logging and cattle grazing on federal lands — which make up half of Oregon’s ...

The U.S. Forest Service plans to auction off trees in the Deschutes, Wallowa-Whitman and Umatilla national forests by the end of the month. A view of Eagle Cap Mountain in the Wallowa-Whitman National ...