Forest fog over the Fremont-Winema National Forest in southeastern Oregon. (U.S. Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Region/Flickr via Courthouse News) PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — In a win for conservation ...

When the 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. The Shawnee is the only ...

(CN) — A federal judge on Thursday vacated the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a massive logging project that would have cut down about 16,500 acres of pine trees in the Custer Gallatin National ...

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 ...

WARREN COUNTY — Local leaders and timber industry professionals are hoping for an economic boost as logging increases in the Allegheny National Forest. The timber industry has strong roots in the four ...

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 ...

Federal officials have recently shut down a 10,000-acre logging operation following a federal judge's order on Monday, who cited the environmental impact of the project on the area's grizzly bear ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL — An audit found the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources failed to properly plan and document logging in the state’s wildlife management areas, making it unclear as to whether the ...