But opponents worry provisions making it easier to manage forests could lead to large scale logging with less public input.

One key strategy is “home hardening,” or incorporating wildfire resistance into a home and its surroundings. Taken together, ...

Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching on fire. So why are there plans to build several near ...

Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic ...

Hikers say that the trail provides. In Oregon, I would find out for myself. Thick “forever forests” create a green tunnel ...

Anyone who has experienced wildfire smoke knows how it can leave you with a scratchy throat, stinging eyes and impact your ...

It will soon hit you hard in the pocketbook. Of course, that worry is now secondary to the more immediate question of “How ...

Beech trees often come in clusters, as the matriarch sprouts dense groves, producing nuts that are a nutritious staple of ...

Nearly 5 million acres have burned since Russia’s latest invasion in 2022, ignited by rocket fire, artillery shelling, and ...

Roughly 190,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service lands were impacted in Tropical Storm Helene, a Forest Service district ranger announced late last month.

Logging means cutting down trees, and what kind of forest would that leave? Well, believe it or not, it can be a strong, ...

I am a fourth-generation Mainer. My parents are from the heavily forested regions of Maine: Rumford and East Millinocket. As a nurse practitioner, I’ve spent decades caring for human beings with ...