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Log and burn, or leave alone? Indiana residents fight US Forest Service over the future of Hoosier National Forest

The mighty, valuable oak is at the center of conflict between federal officials and logging opponents over how to manage mature forests in an era of climate change.

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Oak trees take center stage at a federal courthouse

An environmental group is suing to stop the U.S. Forest Service from moving forward with a project that would clear-cut 1600 acres in the Wayne National Forest, about two hours southwest of Pittsburgh.

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Kentucky residents angered by U.S. Forest Service logging plan that targets mature trees

This story by Inside Climate News is part of Deforestation Inc., a global investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky—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 of 2022, when the earth […]
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The uncertain future of old-growth forests in North Carolina, part one

The recent decision to harvest 26 acres that encompass an old-growth patch of forest on a 3,500-foot mountaintop – the Southside Project – underscores what some say is the widening incongruity between the U.S. Forest Service’s mission, climate change crisis and the public’s will.
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The Forest Service is leaning into electric vehicles

“The Forest Service is embarking on an exciting study of the first-ever use of electric vehicles in a natural resources field setting.”

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In New Mexico, partners collaborate to end siege from megafires

Initiative in the Rio Grande basin intends to thwart catastrophic wildfires that wreck watersheds.
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Fire followed by flood, and now what? Lawyers to the rescue

The lawyers' and consultants' presence in Northern New Mexico is evident now on television and radio, as they seek business for damage claims one attorney estimated could total more than $1 billion.

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