Forest rangers across New York responded to a mix of rescues, safety checks, and enforcement actions as part of their weekly patrols, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
A 34-year-old rule exempting some commercial logging projects on federal lands from environmental review is unlawful, a federal judge recently ruled. Judge Michael McShane in the U.S. District Court ...
In a win for conservation groups, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Forest Service from relying on a decades-old exemption to approve large logging projects without environmental review.
Never in the history of this planet has a forest been logged back to health,” said the founder of a preservation group.
In the months after Hurricane Helene leveled thousands of acres in Pisgah National Forest, John Beaudet and other volunteers cleared downed trees from the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Chopping ...
The Forest Service didn’t make a ‘reasoned decision’ in using a categorical exclusion to exempt timber harvests from ...
The Allegheny National Forest encompasses more than 500,000 acres in four counties and is the only national forest in Pennsylvania. The Allegheny National Forest is set to ramp up logging by more than ...
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration acted to roll back environmental safeguards related to future logging projects in more than half of national forests under an emergency designation announced ...
State forest rangers said loggers were charged with illegal logging in the town of Roseboom.
A logging project has been proposed on Glacier National Park's southern border.