FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials say they tried to balance competing interests in a plan that will allow loggers to remove trees killed in a massive Central California wildfire last ...

The cold, clear waters of Blue Creek provide vital habitat for salmon. (Godofredo A. Vásquez / Associated Press) Along the Klamath River in Northern California, where logging companies once cut ...

Western states have faced severe wildfire seasons in recent years. This year was no exception, prompting officials in many states to bemoan the growing threats wildfires pose to the environment and ...

The timber industry and its supporters, joined by many in the Trump administration, have long promoted logging as a way to reduce fire danger. Some even blame declining timber operations in recent ...

Southern California's wildfire-ravaged national forests soon could fall under the ax, literally. An emergency order issued by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday, April 4 ...

National forests will soon seen increased logging after the USDA released a memo directing the forest service to increase timber production on those lands. This includes logging in all the national ...

As counterintuitive as it might seem, logging could be one way to help make California’s woodlands more wildfire resilient. Unfortunately, the process is beset with its own unique set of supply chain ...

A controversial plan to expand logging in Yosemite National Park has been temporarily halted under a recent court order from a federal judge. The National Park Service has sought to allow logging ...