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 ...

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When the U.S. Forest Service approved the sale of nearly 70 acres for commercial logging in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest in late 2024, Sam Stearns was furious. Shawnee is the only ...

Environmental crime has surged into a multibillion-dollar global industry, ranking just behind narcotics, weapons trafficking, and human smuggling in criminal profitability. According to the United ...

David Lindenmayer receives funding from the Australian Government, NSW Government and the Victorian Government. He is a Councillor with the Biodiversity Council and a Member of Birdlife Australia, the ...

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 ...

Minnesota Forest Industries executive vice president Rick Horton gave me a strong counterpoint to the views expressed in my Oct. 31 column, which highlighted the charge by some retired Department of ...

FILE - Workers for Northern Clearing remove trees on an existing Central Maine Power electricity corridor that has been widened to make way for new utility poles, April 26, 2021, near Bingham, Maine.

When the White House released memorandum M-21-31 in August 2021, it marked a turning point for federal agencies by establishing much-needed baseline logging and data preservation requirements. The ...