Environmental crime is now one of the world’s most profitable illegal industries, driven by illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and weak enforcement. This in-depth article explores the scale of the ...

A new study is offering fuel for the increasingly political debate over fire risk and fire prevention. President Donald Trump recently called for more logging on federal lands, both to promote timber ...

Facing pressure to increase timber harvests, the U.S. Forest Service is sidestepping rigorous environmental reviews and ...

The Park Fire in northern California has reached approximately 400,000 acres in size, and already logging industry advocates are pushing out misinformation about the fire in an attempt to promote ...

For decades, Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires. The problem? Science doesn’t support that. OSU fire researcher Chris Dunn examines a ...

Winter is an important time for loggers in the Northeast to harvest timber. But this year's warmer temperatures, and climate change generally, has made it difficult for them to work consistently. It's ...

Michael Hunter slammed a mallet onto a hand-held drum, the beats ringing out in rapid succession. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! “The drum is always loud enough it seems like,” he said, “where ...

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