Tag: forest management

A group of researchers is suggesting that plans to protect the northern spotted owl may need to be updated, with additional restrictions put in place on timber removal, even in...

Forest management to reduce fuels in California spotted owl habitat not only decreases the risk of severe megafires – it can also benefit the declining species in the long run....

Imperiled bats in Indiana face plenty of challenges, but for two listed species, low-impact logging doesn’t seem to be one of them. While previous research had shown that federally endangered...

A final rule published by the U.S. Forest Service has now changed its National Environmental Policy Act regulations to include new exemptions of projects from environmental review. In addition, the...

The Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society, along with the Alabama Bat Working Group, will host a bats and forest workshop on September 10 at Cleburne Mountain Center in Heflin,...

The U.S. Forest Service is updating the regulations that govern the agency’s compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, citing a desire to increase efficiency and ensure wise use of...

On former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s last day in office, he signed a secretarial order calling for the department to do more to prevent wildfire on its lands. Coming in...

Forest thinning provisions championed by House Republicans did not make it into the final Farm Bill, but Rep. Westerman, R-Ark., made one more attempt to advance the debate before the...

On Nov. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court decision that halted two fuel reduction projects within Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) critical habitat...

Forests in North America have changed rapidly over the past century. Before European settlement, forests were a mosaic of open pine and hardwood forests, prairies, and woodland savannas. Recent studies have...