Politics Jun 20 Biden administration won’t ban logging in old-growth forests, but new plan still vexes industry By Matthew Brown, Associated Press
Nation Dec 19 Biden administration moves to protect old-growth forests as climate change brings fires and pests The Biden administration is moving to conserve old-growth forests on national forests and limit logging as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease. By Matthew Brown, Associated Press
Politics Sep 01 Trump-era change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws, judge says The findings came in response to a lawsuit filed by environmental groups over the change. Hallman recommended that the U.S. Forest Service should be required to prepare a full environmental impact statement related to the change. By Associated Press
Nation Jul 15 Biden ends large-scale logging on huge Alaska rainforest The Biden administration is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales on the nation’s largest national forest and will instead focus on forest restoration, recreation and other non-commercial uses. By Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Politics Mar 24 Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed the logging protections in the last days of the Trump administration amid praise from the timber industry, but President Joe Biden has delayed implementation of the new rules. By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press
Dec 11 Groups blast Trump logging plan aimed at reducing wildfires By Keith Ridler, Associated Press WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project and seven other groups say the rules approved Thursday fast-track projects to benefit logging, grazing and mining while eliminating public comments. Continue reading
Sep 16 Indigenous group patrols Amazon forest to expel illegal loggers By Eraldo Peres, Associated Press Increasing encroachment by illegal loggers and miners on Tembé territory and lax enforcement during President Jair Bolsonaro's administration has prompted their villages to take matters into their own hands. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 6:19 Widespread logging threatens the Congo Basin’s critical rainforest By Monica Villamizar The Democratic Republic of Congo is a massive country, with a land area the size of Alaska and Texas combined. It’s also home to a large part of the Congo Basin rainforest, a habitat for countless species and a crucial… Continue watching
Mar 22 Photo: Polish mothers protest illegal logging By News Desk A woman breastfeeds her child on March 21 during "Polish mothers protests against illegal logging" performance in Warsaw. Continue reading
Aug 03 Following ‘Rim Fire,’ what should be done with the trees left behind? By Xander Landen A year after a California wildfire known as the “Rim Fire” burnt through over 250,000 acres of Sierra Nevada forests, environmentalists and loggers are debating what to do with the blackened woodland it left behind. The timber industry believes… Continue reading