Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Upon being sworn in last January, Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Dave Upthegrove announced a pause on harvesting ...

Industrial-scale logging in the Tongass National Forest was due to monopolies created by the federal government and taxpayer subsidies. Two proposed pulp mills were granted 50-year logging contracts ...

Greenpeace on Thursday accused the Democratic Republic of Congo's government of signing huge new logging contracts in the country's vast rainforest, a central part of Earth's natural defence against ...

New federal laws could “lock up” timber land for decades at a time, raising concerns big companies could elbow out smaller competitors and that timber revenue for counties could be delayed for years.