According to recent federal data, workers in the logging industry are roughly 33 times more likely to die from a workplace injury compared to those in other civilian occupations. In Oregon, the ...

After witnessing his youngest son, Cole, get crushed to death in a 2014 logging accident in Washington state, Tim Bostwick is convinced the industry is unsafe for teens. “He was barely just 18 and I ...

As California’s wildlife crisis deepens amid forester job shortages, the state has launched a new initiative to build up its forestry ranks. California has 33 million acres of forest land; for the 4 ...

Student logger Eric Aguilar walks through a logging site. He is part of a logging program based at Shasta College in Redding, Calif. Credit: Minh Connors for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

Shasta College's logging apprenticeship program in Northern California is addressing the labor shortage in the logging industry by training students for modern, year-round logging operations. The ...

Forestry jobs in Arkansas pay roughly 35% higher than the average county job and 134% higher than the state average, according to information released from the Arkansas Forest Resources Center. The ...

Logging and landscaping are the most dangerous jobs in America, a new study finds. The risk of death for loggers is more than 30 times higher than for all U.S. workers. Tree care workers also ...

December's job report crushed it. Data out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday showed the US economy added 292,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate held steady at 5%. But one ...