The U.S. Department of Agriculture will rescind a Clinton-era policy that banned logging, roads and mining in undeveloped ...

Rare pictures released of uncontacted Amazon rainforest tribe in Peru emerging near logging site. Officials believe they are from the largest uncontacted tribe in the world.

Of the nearly 800,000 acres of trees that Helene downed, about 187,000 lie in national forests. Salvage logging is the Forest Service’s primary method of handling such a large disturbance.

Dozens of uncontacted people deep in the Peruvian Amazon have been captured on camera just several miles from a number of logging areas, a human rights group said, and they are believed to be from the ...

Why the Forest Service is logging after Hurricane Helene — and why some say it’s a mistake. Katie Myers. Tue, April 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM UTC. 8 min read.

The secretary published a memo creating an “emergency situation determination” for over 112,646,000 acres (455,862 square kilometers) of national forest. There are 154 national forests in the ...

A follow-up letter from the U.S. Forest Service called for an increase of 25% in the volume of timber being offered for logging. Whether or not logging would solve the wildfire problem is contentious.

Though not an historic high, timbering will ramp up under new administrative directive. The Forest Service will put millions more in board feet for sale, a 12% increase fueled by new federal guidance.

Earlier this year, the Forest Service approved 2,200 acres of logging in the “Peabody West” area of the White Mountains National Forest for “high quality” timber products, to create ...