A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire to make an unprecedented run through Southern California mountains and eventually find fuel in ...

A proactive new tool that can help preserve old forests in British Columbia has been developed by University of Alberta ...

Deep in the world's oldest forests, towering giants have been keeping detailed records for centuries. These ancient trees are ...

The world has changed a lot in the 30 years following the timber wars, yet the same old rhetoric has not [“U.S. Forest Service needs to turn over a new leaf when it comes to old growth,” Sept. 24, ...

President Joe Biden speaks after signing a proclamation designating Nov. 17 as International Conservation Day during a visit to the Amazon in Manaus, Brazil. SAUL LOEB via Getty Images The Biden ...

Tight Hollow is one of Kentucky's last remaining old-growth forests in the state. There are very few places left in Kentucky where humans haven’t made an impact. Tight Hollow is one such place.

A fire modeling study conducted by the University of California, Davis, and the University of Nevada, Reno, found that forest thinning followed by a prescribed burn could greatly improve the stand's ...

This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization, and is part of a special project on Food and Power in the West.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, Jan. 8, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced it is withdrawing the U.S. Forest Service’s ...

Most of us are drawn to nature and forests, and for some of us, stories of fairies, woodlands, hobbits and fantasy are embedded in our imaginations with the allure of a mystical forest. Invariably, we ...

A UC Davis field crew conducts forest inventory in the Emerald Point old-growth stand at Lake Tahoe. Ancient ponderosa pines that once grew in a open-canopied forest now confront waves of ...