The Professional Logging Contractors of Maine has launched a promotional video to publicize the state’s year-old program that provides much-needed trained loggers for the state’s $8.5 billion forest ...

In Redding, where the Carr Fire burned more than 200,000 acres and destroyed more than a thousand homes, there’s a feeling of desperation. Something has to be done to clear the dense stands of trees ...

Thirty years after Oregon lawmakers began giving the state’s timber industry tax cuts that cost rural counties an estimated $3 billion, industry lobbyists warned them not to follow through on efforts ...

The logging industry has seen a steep decline in demand for wood fiber since the pandemic began, leading to an estimated 20% drop in the timber harvest this year. But federal help may be on the way.

According to recent federal data, workers in the logging industry are roughly 33 times more likely to die from a workplace injury compared to those in other civilian occupations. In Oregon, the ...

MONTROSE — The rolling farmland, adobe hills and arroyos of Colorado’s Uncompahgre Valley are largely devoid of trees, and might seem like an unusual site for a sawmill, especially one of the largest ...

Hidden along the scenic routes of southern Oregon lies a place where time seems to stand still. Collier Memorial State Park ...

DULUTH - The logging industry in Minnesota has seen a lot of changes over the past year that could negatively affect it in a big way. Blandin Paper Co. shut down its No. 5 machine and the Minnesota ...

The future of the logging industry may be impacted by a reluctance to invest in new equipment because several conditions have reduced profit margins. While there is optimism with investments by ...

Privately held logging companies are posting healthy sales increases amid encouraging signs in the U.S. housing market, but their profit margins are weakening, according to preliminary estimates by ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Thirty years after Oregon lawmakers began giving the state’s ...