There has long been controversy regarding the adverse effects of logging, especially concerning the practice of whole-tree skidding, which removes the branches and treetrops of trees for electrical ...

Last year, the US Bureau of Land Management sold the rights to log a small grove of Douglas firs in Oregon, to a private company called Roseburg Forest Products. The company bid more than $1 million ...

TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WSAW) - University of Wisconsin Stevens Point students are learning the science of felling on Saturday. This is the 9th year forestry students have met at Treehaven Field Station in ...

The push to sell carbon credits off state land comes at a tumultuous time for so-called voluntary carbon markets, which have ...

One of the justifications often given for thinning the forest through various legislative efforts, such as the Fix Our Forest Act or the repeal of the Roadless Rule, as well as others, is the ...

In Brazil, it is recognised that use of reduced impact logging techniques are essential for sustainable forest management (Sist et al., 2003; Sist and Ferreira, 2007). Although reduced impact logging ...

SELMA, Ore. — Stan Chronister and the young man calling himself Purusha were probably never going to see eye to eye anyway. But they were certainly not doing so the other day, what with Purusha ...

As a small crew worked last week cutting down timber in a spruce-fir forest south of Collbran on Grand Mesa, a rain cloud scudded overhead and moistened the scene. It was an isolated shower, though, ...

The role of tree DNA tracking is increasing in the fight against illegal logging as evidenced by prosecution cases in USA and Germany. Modern DNA technology offers a unique opportunity: you could ...

While the piece did not call for a broad expansion of logging, I think it’s important for readers to understand these facts. Industrial logging and wood production are major drivers of climate ...