Environmental crime is now one of the world’s most profitable illegal industries, driven by illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and weak enforcement. This in-depth article explores the scale of the ...

Proponents and critics of logging rarely agree on the impacts of timber harvesting on wildfire risk, biological diversity, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Students participated in a variety of activities, including presentations, a lumberjack breakfast and planting red maple ...

Meredith Stanton has an undeniable love for the forests within her local community. But with this appreciation comes concerns for the prosperity of these green spaces amid risks of deforestation. The ...

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