John Dillon

John Dillon is a freelance writer covering forest and conservation. He worked for Vermont Public Radio from 2001 to 2021 as a reporter and News Director. Previously, he was a staff writer for the Sunday Times Argus and the Sunday Rutland Herald, responsible for breaking stories and in-depth features on local issues.

Forest Experts Warn Spending Bill Sets Up US Forest Service to Fail

The recently passed spending bill sets logging targets that federal officials don’t have the capacity to meet

By John Dillon August 11, 2025

In this story: forests, national forests, logging, illegal logging, saving wild places

Blaine Cook, a retired U.S. Forest Service forest management scientist, is seen walking through a logging site in the Black Hills National Forest, on July 14, 2021, near Custer City, S.D. Cook said his monitoring work last decade showed too many trees were being cut from the forest. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

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