The U.S. Forest Service is proposing a massive project in a national forest in Michigan that would log land roughly the size of Detroit, expand gravel mining and build roads. The Silver Branch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The executive order does not directly call for 280 million acres of national forests and other protected public lands to be ...

An Oregon State University forest scientist emerita called the proposal "insanity," saying these carbon-storing forests are among the most effective in the world at fighting climate change.

To the editor: The study referenced in this article (“Private land used for logging is more prone to severe fire than public lands. A new study shows why,” Aug. 21) highlights how clear-cut logging ...

A new study from the University of British Columbia suggests that clearcut logging can make catastrophic floods up to 18 times more frequent. The study, published in the Journal of Hydrology, analyzed ...