A new study is offering fuel for the increasingly political debate over fire risk and fire prevention. President Donald Trump recently called for more logging on federal lands, both to promote timber ...

Proponents and critics of logging rarely agree on the impacts of timber harvesting on wildfire risk, biological diversity, ...

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Meredith Stanton has an undeniable love for the forests within her local community. But with this appreciation comes concerns for the prosperity of these green spaces amid risks of deforestation. The ...

For decades, Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires. The problem? Science doesn’t support that. OSU fire researcher Chris Dunn examines a ...

Winter is an important time for loggers in the Northeast to harvest timber. But this year's warmer temperatures, and climate change generally, has made it difficult for them to work consistently. It's ...

Researchers studied logging roads in the U.S., finding that the roads and log landing areas had far denser soil than even logged parts of a forest. Denser soil can make it less likely for water to be ...

David Lindenmayer receives funding from the Victorian Government and the Australian Government. He is a member of the Biodiversity Council and Birds Australia. Kita Ashman works as a Threatened ...