Categorical exclusion six allows the Forest Service to authorize certain commercial logging projects without any environmental analysis, but conservation groups say the agency exceeded its authority.

An environmental group has filed suit in U.S. District Court to stop two commercial logging projects on the White Mountain National Forest, including the Peabody West Integrated Resource Project in ...

Rob Chaney’s Sept. 20 article about big wildfire seasons got it right when he quoted Dr. Higuera, an associate professor of fire ecology at the University of Montana, stating that climate change is ...

When the Oak Fire swept through more than 10,000 acres southwest of Yosemite National Park last weekend, it burned through forests where widespread logging, including commercial thinning, accelerated ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A lawsuit brought by Montana conservationists has largely stopped commercial logging planned for ...

In the middle of yet another big wildfire seasons, some reporters finally listened to fire scientists when they quoted people like Dr. Higuera, an associate professor of fire ecology at the University ...

LOS ANGELES― A federal appeals court blocked a commercial logging project in a roadless area of the Los Padres National Forest today, siding with three conservation groups to protect 1,100 acres of ...

Friday is the last day for the public to comment on the environmental impact statement of the draft National Old-Growth Amendment. The U.S. Forest Service is deciding how it will manage the remaining ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With President Biden and Congressman Joe Neguse surveying the devastating toll of the recent Marshall fire, this is a profoundly important time to reflect on ...

A controversial plan to expand logging in Yosemite National Park has been temporarily halted under a recent court order from a federal judge. The National Park Service has sought to allow logging ...