Forest thinning increases water supplies downstream while reducing wildfire risk, according to a study conducted by Salt River Project and Arizona State University. Land managers and scientists knew ...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted May 20 to ease bureaucratic obstacles to forest-thinning activities on 20 million acres of the nation’s most fire-prone federal lands. The bill has the backing ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team forest thinning projects are scheduled to continue for the next several weeks, conditions and weather permitting. Some projects are expected to ...

Erik Fernandez, of Oregon Wild, stands in a swath of the Deschutes National Forest that was thinned to prevent wildfires. He holds up a photo he took in 2022 of large old Ponderosa pines in the area ...

Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic ...

An ongoing study by a Cal Poly Humboldt professor seeks to find whether thinning in Redwood National Park helped local forests weather last year’s Lost Fire, which scorched roughly 800 acres. Forest ...

In about 30 acres of dense forest in the Litchfield Hills, a team of foresters and researchers are pioneering new forest ...

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Deschutes National Forest said Tuesday it's signed the final decision for the 2,800-acre Cougar Rock Restoration Project north of Sisters, consisting of thinning, mowing and ...

JOSEPH, Ore. -- When flames roared high in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest this summer, Jim Zacharias saw an opportunity. Here was a way to use some of the $2 million in mechanized logging ...

The U.S. Forest Service plans to auction off trees in the Deschutes, Wallowa-Whitman and Umatilla national forests by the end ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team forest thinning projects are underway in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These projects are expected to continue for the next several weeks with some projects ...