The USDA's order for the U.S. Forest Service to increase lumber production by 25% is being panned as both unwise and infeasible in Southern California's sprawling national forests due to a lack of ...
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials say they tried to balance competing interests in a plan that will allow loggers to remove trees killed in a massive Central California wildfire last ...
The cold, clear waters of Blue Creek provide vital habitat for salmon. (Godofredo A. Vásquez / Associated Press) Along the Klamath River in Northern California, where logging companies once cut ...
The timber industry and its supporters, joined by many in the Trump administration, have long promoted logging as a way to reduce fire danger. Some even blame declining timber operations in recent ...
National forests will soon seen increased logging after the USDA released a memo directing the forest service to increase timber production on those lands. This includes logging in all the national ...
A firefighter clears loose brush from around a Sequoia tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Calif., in this July 2022 photo provided by the National Park Service. (Garrett Dickman/NPS via ...
As counterintuitive as it might seem, logging could be one way to help make California’s woodlands more wildfire resilient. Unfortunately, the process is beset with its own unique set of supply chain ...
The USDA ordered a 25% increase in lumber production from national forests, including those in Southern California. Experts argue that Southern California forests lack suitable lumber and nearby ...
LOS ANGELES — Along the Klamath River in Northern California, where logging companies once cut ancient redwood trees, vast tracts of land have been returned to the Yurok Tribe in a years-long effort ...