forests

The Forest Service has put out a draft environmental impact statement on its proposed national old growth forest plan amendment, starting a 90-day public comment period.

The federal government recently proposed changes to the way it manages forestlands – a plan that would elevate conservation of old and mature forests facing increasing threats.

The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program is a bipartisan, 2009 policy that has funded restoration projects across the country, including a number in our region. A new report finds that the vast majority have included efforts to preserve mature and old growth forests. Some environmental groups say it could serve as inspiration for a 2022 Biden administration executive order to mitigate threats to such forests, which support critical ecological processes.

The Forest Service is awarding more than $1 billion nationwide in grants to plant trees in cities, tackle climate change and make green spaces more accessible to less wealthy neighborhoods.

Researchers have found a way to predict whether or not a forest will survive based on drought conditions – information that can help forest managers deal with climate change.

A group of University of Wyoming researchers are the first to use NASA technology to get a bigger picture of wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Scientists have found that wildfires in hot and dry conditions are becoming more frequent.Xiaodong Chen, a researcher at Pacific Northwest National Lab,…

Governors across the West are asking for federal support to ensure that wildfire restoration becomes a priority, just like wildfire suppression and...

On a recent sunny afternoon, I'm loading up my Subaru before heading out to the Snowy Range Mountains in southern Wyoming to cut down a Christmas…

Environmental groups have halted a controversial plan to cut down 30,000 acres of forest within southern Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National...