forests

President Biden Restores Logging Prohibitions in Tongass National Forest

Roadless Rule reinstated throughout two-thirds of world’s largest intact temperate rain forest

By Lindsey Botts January 29, 2023

In this story: national forests, forests, federal policy, indigenous communities, saving wild places

A view of the wilderness in Misty Fjords National Monument, part of the Tongass National Forest

Deal Reached to Save Wildlife and Nature

COP15 biodiversity conference ends in Montreal with lots of ambition

By Lindsey Botts December 20, 2022

In this story: wildlife, wilderness, animals, forests, Policy

Adoption of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

California Needs More Fire

Why is it still so hard to start a prescribed fire in California?

By Tatum McConnell November 5, 2022

In this story: science, climate change, forests, politics, national forests

Fire managers and Firefighters on the 340-acre Harris Prescribed understory Fire on October 12, 2018 northeast of McCloud in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest (USFS photo by Liz Younger, Forest Fire Planner)

The Most Important Environment-Related Election You’re Likely Not Following

In Brazil, a heated presidential contest could decide the fate of the Amazon Rainforest

By Michael Fox October 24, 2022

In this story: forests, politics, climate change

How the Inflation Reduction Act Helps Forests Help Us

The landmark climate law is also good news for trees

By Juliet Grable September 21, 2022

In this story: forests, climate change, federal policy, Inflation Reduction Act

The Gripping Mystery of Trees Gone Missing in the Night

Lyndsie Bourgon’s first book investigates the furtive world of timber theft

By Brendan Curtinrich July 18, 2022

In this story: public lands, forests, national forests, national parks

Cover image of the book Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods

A Year in the Life of a Burning Forest

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are on the frontlines of climate change

By Mette Lampcov and Heather Smith June 21, 2022

In this story: climate change, forests

Bug's-Eye View

A French photographer captures the immersive experience of being in a forest

May 8, 2022

In this story: forests

View looking up at a canopy of beech trees with light filtering in from the top.

Can a Better Understanding of Fungi Help Restore Northeastern Forests?

Why we should respect soil as a living organism

By Lela Nargi November 24, 2021

In this story: forests

Fires in the Jungle: Coca Production and Deforestation Accelerate in Colombia

Coca growers increasingly displace Indigenous communities

By Joshua Collins November 17, 2021

In this story: indigenous communities, forests, climate change

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