Officials in Oregon say they need to cut trees, including some healthy ones. The reaction shows how complex land management has become as forest health declines.
Tag: Logging Industry
They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They?
An audacious federal plan to protect the spotted owl would eradicate hundreds of thousands of barred owls in the coming years.
Canada’s Boreal Forests Badly Damaged by Logging
A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions.
Female Rangers ‘Don’t Go All Alpha Like the Men’ to Protect a Forest
Rather than take a confrontational approach with trespassers looking to farm or log in a tropical rainforest in Indonesia, teams of women rangers try dialogue first.
Tree Loss Increases in Crucial Tropical Forests
The pace of deforestation increased 10 percent in 2022, but there are signs the trajectory may change for the better in the near future.
Bears, Binoculars and Bucket-List Birds: A 15-Day Tour in Ecuador
A customized itinerary allowed a group of birders to observe hundreds of species across a range of elevations, all while staying at comfortable eco-lodges.
Can a Nation Replace Its Oil Wealth With Trees?
Gabon knows its oil won’t last forever, so officials are turning to the Central African nation’s rainforest for revenue — while also promising to preserve it.
Inside the Campaign to Save an Imperiled Cambodian Rainforest
Deep in the Southern Cardamom Mountains, former loggers and poachers have assumed new roles as protective rangers and ecotourism guides. Can their efforts help preserve a vast stretch of wilderness?
British Columbia Judge Ends Protest Injunction at Fairy Creek
The enforcement methods of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police led a court to deny a logging company’s request to extend an injunction.
Tropical Forest Destruction Accelerated in 2020
There were bright spots, but the total lost acreage increased by 12 percent over all from the year before, according to new research.