Facing pressure to increase timber harvests, the U.S. Forest Service is sidestepping rigorous environmental reviews and ...

A new study is offering fuel for the increasingly political debate over fire risk and fire prevention. President Donald Trump recently called for more logging on federal lands, both to promote timber ...

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President Donald Trump is promising to unleash the US timber industry by allowing companies to raze swaths of federally protected national forests. The order — which calls for the ramping up of the ...

For decades, Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires. The problem? Science doesn’t support that. OSU fire researcher Chris Dunn examines a ...

For some, logging can carry a reputation as a destructive industry that leaves lasting damage to the lands it touches. But ...

Winter is an important time for loggers in the Northeast to harvest timber. But this year's warmer temperatures, and climate change generally, has made it difficult for them to work consistently. It's ...