THE state government’s regulation of timber harvesting, which has led to the impending closure of Gippsland’s native forest industry in January, directly contradicts the joint national-state approach ...

The effects of planting or harvesting a tree often takes time to see. What are the long-term effects on the forest ecosystem as a whole, and also on individual species within it? plethodontidae, are ...

Mechanized timber harvesting operations encompass a suite of machine-based processes that transform standing trees into transportable logs with minimal manual intervention. Central to these operations ...

Trees frame open water, taken from the south side of Morrill Marsh and showing Otter Point at the Woods Without Gile. Credit: Courtesy photo Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for ...

AS of January 1, Gippsland’s hardwood industry is now largely gone, with harvesting of timber from native forests on Crown land no longer permitted. Gippsland’s native forest is part of the vast ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Pedro Brancalion is used to the roar of chainsaws. For years, he’s heard loggers tearing down rainforest giants in the Brazilian Amazon, and ...

The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing five environmental organizations, filed a federal lawsuit last month against the U.S. Forest Service, opposing a proposed timber harvest in the ...

Members of the Center for Responsible Forestry explored Unit 2 of the DNR’s Bessie timber sale in Whatcom County on Tuesday, Dec. 14. They said they measured a few dozen trees, 10 of which were more ...