The Trump administration rescinded the "roadless rule," opening up nearly 2 million acres of Oregon forests to logging and roadbuilding. The rule, established in 2001, protected 59 million acres of ...

Early contact and migration -- Work and workers -- Carson City and Truckee : anti-Chinese activities -- Of wood and mines -- Of wood and trains "Building on her path-breaking work on Chinese in mining ...

A Trump administration memorandum issued April 3 declared a state of emergency in timber supply and national forest health across the United States and the West, directing the U.S. Forest Service to ...

The United States has announced sweeping changes to encourage more logging in the country's national forests. A new emergency order requires rolling back environmental protections on almost 60% of the ...

Federal officials are preparing to overturn a long-contested Clinton-era regulation that limits logging and roadbuilding in large portions of the West, including Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the ...

President Donald Trump took action last weekend to increase domestic logging by circumventing environmental protections and to staunch the flow of imported timber and lumber products into the country, ...

As the West gets hotter and drier, new research says certain types of logging may fuel more destructive fires Industrial timber harvests can increase burn severity, but careful thinning could be the ...