U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow the clear-cutting of 280 million acres of national forests and protected public lands. The executive order does not directly call for 280 ...

Trump's order claims that "heavy-handed federal policies" have made the U.S. dependent on foreign timber and that increased logging is necessary for national and economic security. The directive ...

President Donald Trump has instructed federal agencies to plan to log national forests harder, working around environmental protections, including for endangered species. His directive, issued in an ...

The Shocking Scale of Forest Loss Revealed by 2024 Data In 2024, 20,225 fewer acres of forest were lost within Protected ...

Visiting a freshly logged forest in western Oregon earlier this fall, retired federal wildlife surveyor Erich Reeder stepped ...

Discussions about how to best manage Washington forests often get heated. And nothing seems to incite a more negative response than the idea of clear-cutting. In a recent Seattle Times article, there ...

Clear-cutting forests doesn’t just raise flood risk — it can supercharge it. UBC researchers found that in certain watersheds, floods became up to 18 times more frequent and over twice as severe after ...

KANE COUNTY, Utah — As wildfires have raged in Utah’s forested areas, some political leaders are pushing for what they say is a way to cut them down... by preemptively cutting down some trees.

Recent controversy over the management of Washington’s older state-owned forests has been dominated by an either/or framework: Either we clear-cut these tracts or prevent any harvest at all. Cut it ...

NEW YORK, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new documentary released by Charmin Kills Forests, entitled “CHARMIN WIPES OUT A FOREST,” exposes how Procter & Gamble toilet paper and paper towels are made ...

This steep slope in Oregon’s Coast Range is littered with ruddy dead branches and freshly cut stumps, but at least it offers sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. Until recently, the view was blocked ...

Growth is a constant in Lexington County today, with the frequent development of big new housing tracts often being a cause of concern in rural areas. Part of neighbors' worries revolves around the ...