Sustainable-logging regimes that selectively cull trees rather than clear-cut them Encouraging people who live near rain forests to harvest its bounty (nuts, fruits, medicines) rather than clear ...

Undisturbed forests are crucial for a healthy climate, continuously taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in trees, shrubs and soil. But logging can transform a swath of forest from ...

David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy analyst/consultant. That was an age during which the clear-cutting of forests for energy purposes was ungoverned by regulatory structures that exist ...

Michigan is poised to cut down hundreds of acres of forest in order to make space for ... acres of forested land near Gaylord, Michigan, to clear space for a solar farm while generating revenue ...

A standing forest’s natural capital is much more valuable than a clear-cut forest. Former President Carter wrote, “I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Forest Service announced a final plan today to eliminate roadless-rule protections in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, opening vast swaths of irreplaceable old-growth temperate ...

Hollinger said the county isn’t trying to clear-cut forests or start strip mining. But, he said, their management would support industries like logging and biomass. “[M]ultiple-use management ...