As a small crew worked last week cutting down timber in a spruce-fir forest south of Collbran on Grand Mesa, a rain cloud scudded overhead and moistened the scene.

Six conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, June 14, 2022, seeking to prevent the logging of large, live trees on national forests east of the Cascades in a move to reverse a decision ...

Harwood said redwood producers must survive by constantly monitoring global timber developments, exploiting niche markets and viewing the sustainable forestry movement as an opportunity rather ...

The bill calls for increased logging on federal lands, too, a provision cheered by a timber industry that’s long argued environmental restrictions are too severe.

New research explains why forests planted for logging purposes fuel devastating wildfires more often than untouched land.

A proposal to end clearcutting of old-growth trees in the Tongass National Forest has some Southeast logging companies concerned about the future.

A budget crisis a century in the making is coming to a head as Oregon’s rural counties wait on Congress to approve funding ...

Environmental groups have long argued that the logging industry has used fire as an excuse to plunder forests, cutting big trees and leaving behind only small, unmarketable timber.

The trees are under contract to be cut and have been marked for about two years, Chang said. Keeping the trees standing would require a renegotiation of the contract with the timber operator.