ASHLAND, Ore. — When Jud Parsons took over management of the family’s forestland on the flanks of Mount Ashland in the 1950s, southern Oregon was in the midst of a timber boom that saw clear-cuts on ...

Selective logging--the practice of removing one or two trees and leaving the rest intact--is often considered a sustainable alternative to clear-cutting, in which a large swath of forest is cut down, ...

A study published in Environmental Research Letters indicates Amazonian forests probably can't provide enough timber to meet current longterm demands. This is true even if better logging practices are ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next ...

Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term, even with the use of improved logging practices. Camille Piponiot, junior scientist from the ...

A study shows that selective-logging leases accounted for the highest rate of deforestation in three provinces studied from 2013 to 2016. While the discovery came as a surprise, the researchers ...

SOUTH KITSAP — Kitsap County has responded to the public's concerns about a plan to do selective logging in Banner Forest. Earlier this summer a county plan to log around half of the trees at the ...

A new study finds nearly as few fish species in selectively logged forests as they did in forests clear-cut for plantations. Both selectively logged and clear-cut areas had around half the number fish ...