Tag: forestry

The secret to the perfect forest types for eastern whip-poor-wills is having a good mix. The small, well-camouflaged birds prefer forests that have a mixture of open spaces and closed...

Elk sometimes turn to forests affected by bark-beetle epidemics, possibly finding refuges in areas hunters mostly avoid, according to new research. The bark‐beetle (Dendoctronus ponderosae) epidemic has killed off large...

Two TWS members recently earned 2019 Sustainable Forestry Initiative Awards at the SFI Annual Conference for their conservation work on forests. Emily Jo Williams, vice president for migratory birds and...

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc., has named TWS member Brian J. Kernohan the recipient of the 2018 SFI Leadership in Conservation Award. The award, announced at the SFI Annual Conference,...

In British Columbia’s Monashee Mountains, where an imperiled population of grizzlies gradually recovers, the timber trade has carved out over 10,000 kilometers of dirt roads — more than twice the...

A common forestry practice may be bad for salamanders, but good for lizards, according to a recent U.S. Forest Service study published in Forest Ecology and Management. The researchers compared...