The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry. The move was announced by U.S.

The Clinton administration’s Northwest Forest Plan was approved by a federal judge in 1994, setting aside more than 20 million acres of old-growth forests in Washington, Oregon, and northern ...

Courtesy of Julie Cox / Siuslaw National Forest UPDATE — March 7, 2025: On March 6, officials with the U.S. Forest Service told members of the Northwest Forest Plan federal advisory committee that the ...

Timber organizations are calling for action on the Northwest Forest Plan after President Donald Trump issued an executive order for the immediate expansion of American lumber production. This comes as ...

JUNEAU, Alaska— A coalition of conservation groups, Alaska tribes, a commercial fishing advocacy group and an ecotourism operator today filed a request to intervene in a timber industry legal ...

A piece of tape dangles from a tree alongside the Blue Bike Trail in the Pocomoke State Forest. Maryland's Department of Natural Resources is planning to cut patches of trees along the trail, stirring ...

Each year, Justin Lindholm uses about two-and-a-half gallons of gasoline to get through the winter. It’s just enough, he said, to power his chainsaw to chop the four to five cords of logs that fuel ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — The New River Gorge National Park & Preserve celebrated the official induction of 12 acres into the old growth forest classification, but West Virginia actually has 11 other ...