Despite its name, the Fix Our Forests Act would fast-track logging, weaken environmental safeguards, and do little to protect communities from wildfire or climate harm. James Hansen, formerly director ...

State forest rangers said loggers were charged with illegal logging in the town of Roseboom. According to a Jan. 29 news release, Forest Ranger Nate Laymon was on patrol at Honey Hill State Forest on ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

TROY, Mont. — Vincent Logging, a family-owned logging company in Libby is working with Hecla Mining Company to manage its forested lands for wildlife habitat. It's a 15-hundred acre research project ...

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 ...