Data Centers Are Hogging This Town’s Water A lawmaker wants to commandeer water access to quench the growing thirst of Big Tech By Amal Ahmed May 3, 2026 In this story: data centers, national forests, water, environmental justice, technology
Advocacy Groups Step In Where the Federal Government Won’t Community-led public hearings offer concerned citizens a voice on the Roadless Rule By Christine Peterson April 29, 2026 In this story: Organizing, national forests, forests, Community Advocates, federal policy
Growing the Forests of the Future These researchers are helping trees migrate to cope with the effects of a warming world By Linnea Harris March 6, 2026 In this story: forests, national forests, state forests, saving wild places
Fix Our Forests in Name Only A new piece of bipartisan legislation would erode safeguards meant to protect trees By Will Solomon December 7, 2025 In this story: forests, national forests, saving wild places, ecosystems, Policy
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
Trump Wants to Rescind the Roadless Rule. What Does That Mean? Conservationists say the move would reverse years of progress in protecting the nation’s wild spaces By Juliet Grable July 27, 2025 In this story: forests, climate change, national forests
People-Powered Change in North Carolina A team of forest guardians came together to protect the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests Adapted from an interview by Lindsey Botts May 26, 2025 In this story: activism, national forests
Can Old-Growth Forest Survive a Timber Bias? The agency tasked with managing old-growth forests struggles to shake its old ways By Jim Furnish December 6, 2024 In this story: forests, national forests, saving wild places, federal policy
How to Celebrate National Public Lands Day Without Leaving Your Home Eight books and films that will transport you to some of America’s most iconic landscapes By Sara Hashemi September 22, 2024 In this story: public lands, America's National Parks, national forests, outdoor recreation, adventure
In Praise of the Wilderness Act On its 60th birthday, this landmark American conservation law is more valuable than ever By Jason Mark August 30, 2024 In this story: public lands, national forests, national parks, wildlife, saving wild places