Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 5—There is plenty to debate about salvage logging of burned trees after wildfires. The timber industry says it's important to ...

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 ...

When it comes to timber harvesting, removing the whole tree—from stump to twigs—doesn’t reduce plant diversity any more than old-fashioned logging, which leaves tree branches behind in the woods. As ...

As much as we love our two-by-fours and toilet paper, many of us have mixed feelings about logging. Those feelings can morph into straight-out hostility when it comes to removing the branches and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “God has cared for these trees …but he cannot save them from fools.” — John Muir In just two years, wildfire has killed an estimated 13% to 19% of all mature ...

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 ...

Forest fog over the Fremont-Winema National Forest in southeastern Oregon. (U.S. Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Region/Flickr via Courthouse News) (CN) — Oregon environmentalists scored another ...

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 ...

When it comes to timber harvesting, removing the whole tree -- from stump to twigs -- doesn't reduce plant diversity any more than old-fashioned logging, which leaves tree branches behind in the woods ...