Forest Service

Logging Project Near Yellowstone Could Threaten Wildlife Habitat and Tourist-Dependent Businesses

The U.S. Forest Service is using emergency authority to advance the Bear Palmer Forest Health Project, but opponents say the streamlined process could negatively affect forest recovery, wildlife and area businesses.

By Mosabber Hossain

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

By Peter Aldhous

Prescribed Burns and Forest Thinning Averted Millions of Tons of Emissions and Billions in Damages

By Steven Rodas

Could Changes to the U.S. Forest Service Erase a Century of Historical Documents?

By Keerti Gopal

Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms

By Marianne Lavelle

The Wabanaki Basketmakers’ Plans to Save Maine’s Ash Trees

By Sydney Cromwell

Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot

By Wyatt Myskow

The Fight Over Logging on U.S. Public Lands Isn’t Done Yet

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Decades-Old Rule that Allowed Logging on Vast Swaths of US Land Ruled Unlawful by Oregon Court

By Gloria Dickie

Could Rescinding The Roadless Rule Make It Harder To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies?

By Jake Bolster

Hope—and Many Fears—Follow in the Wake of Trump’s Plan to Transform Wildland Firefighting

By Kiley Price

Bill Ensuring Active Management of Shawnee National Forest Clears Senate Committee

By Sarah Mattalian

Use of Congressional Review Act on BLM Plans Could Impact State Plans Under Other Agencies

By Sarah Mattalian

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In

By Sarah Mattalian

Court Temporarily Halts Land Transfer That Would Allow a Mine to Destroy Western Apache Sacred Land

By Wyatt Myskow

A Vermont Forest Tries a New Model of Growth, Diversity and Logging

By Olivia Gieger

Potential Repeal of Roadless Rule Could Permanently Damage Midwest National Forests

By Sarah Mattalian

US District Court Ruling Keeps Fight Against Mining of Site Sacred to Western Apache Alive

By Wyatt Myskow

National Park and Forest Service Staffing Levels Have Been Dramatically Reduced

By Dylan Baddour