Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. Since the extreme heat dome in the Pacific Northwest in June of 2021, researchers have been busy trying to identify how trees and forests ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Environmental groups, including Central Oregon LandWatch, delivered more than 122,000 public comments urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior to ...

Friday is the last day for the public to comment on the environmental impact statement of the draft National Old-Growth Amendment. The U.S. Forest Service is deciding how it will manage the remaining ...

Mar. 24—WILLIAMSBURG — Brandon Bowlin learned of the U.S. government's plan for clear-cutting in the southernmost mountains of Daniel Boone National Forest only a few weeks after the hard summer rains ...

While the piece did not call for a broad expansion of logging, I think it’s important for readers to understand these facts. Industrial logging and wood production are major drivers of climate ...

A controversial forest management project in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley recently gained approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Called the Late Mungers project, the BLM says it’s ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The frequency of extreme warm years is increasing across the majority of the planet. Shifts in plant phenology in response to extreme years ...

Loss of forest cover is associated with more frequent extreme flooding, as well as more frequent floods of any size, according to new research. While it's widely thought that loss of forest cover is ...

Fire crews work to clear brush and burned trees in an area burned by the Creek Fire on April 8, 2021. CRAIG KOHLRUSS Fresno Bee file The Sierra Nevada is beloved for its endless miles of dense pine ...