SHINGLETOWN, Calif. — On a cold morning in October, the sun shone weakly through tall sugar pines and cedars in Shingletown, a small Northern California outpost whose name is a reminder of its history ...
On July 2, Kenya's president ended an almost six-year moratorium on logging in the country's public and community forests. "We can't have mature trees rotting in forests while locals suffer due to ...
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 ...
A dozen Humboldt County high school students got a firsthand look at the logging and lumber industry last week, and learned about employment opportunities, with a special focus on current jobs ...
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 ...
Being a logger is the most dangerous job in America, according to new government data released this week, with an industry expert telling FOX Business that the risk is linked to tough working ...
The Twin Ports and Iron Range lost the second-most construction, mining and logging jobs in the past year of any metropolitan area in the U.S., according to a report released Wednesday. Carlton, ...
HOME VALLEY, Skamania County — The mill is idle now, but 30 workers used to turn logs into softwood veneer here in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge. They held down the kind of family-wage jobs ...