The Forest Service didn’t make a ‘reasoned decision’ in using a categorical exclusion to exempt timber harvests from ...

In a win for conservation groups, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Forest Service from relying on a decades-old exemption to ...

There’s enough material in the currently disturbed area to last another year or two. Some of the disturbed area has already been resloped, reseeded and reclaimed, Lloyd said. He estimates the pit ...

A federal judge vacated approvals for three logging projects in Oregon and ruled the U.S. Forest Service could not use a ...

A recent federal court ruling tossing out a streamlined environmental review for three Oregon timber projects will point the ...

Standing Trees, a Vermont-based forest advocacy group, is suing the US Forest Service over the agency’s authorization of commercial logging projects in the White Mountain National Forest. The federal ...

Logging in New Hampshire forests can both benefit and hurt the environment and natural habitats. In August, a federal judge allowed for commercial logging at two sites in the White Mountain National ...

The controversial and slow-moving forest management plan inside the Hoosier National Forest hit another roadblock last week. All related activities — including timber sales, prescribed burns, road ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Environmental advocates are fighting a federal plan that increases logging operations in two U.S. forests in North Carolina. MountainTrue, Sierra Club, Center for Biological ...

Environmental crime has surged into a multibillion-dollar global industry, ranking just behind narcotics, weapons trafficking, and human smuggling in criminal profitability. According to the United ...

When the U.S. Forest Service approved the sale of nearly 70 acres for commercial logging in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest in late 2024, Sam Stearns was furious. Shawnee is the only ...