The Lolo National Forest is proposing to “salvage” log a portion of the 28,000-acre Liberty Burn near Seeley Lake, Montana. The Forest Service (FS) approved the logging using a categorical exclusion ...

In this entry, we are going to look at some of the behind-the-scenes economics that are quietly whirring away in the background before any tree gets cut down or any log gets sliced up. The forests in ...

Japanese companies are buying illegally-logged timber from Sarawak's endangered rainforests and labelling much of it as “legal” under a government-sanctioned certification scheme. In its latest report ...

Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong ordered authorities to crack down on illegal logging and timber trafficking in the midst of accelerating forest loss, reports the Vientiane Times. Under ...

The drought has made it easier for loggers to harvest Arkansas timber, but that has caused the timber price to drop.

Watch an advanced spider excavator operate safely on extremely steep forest slopes while handling timber with precision.

The timber industry for decades drove the economy in Oregon, a state where nearly half of the land is forest. Today, the industry has changed. Logging in federal forests, once a major source of lumber ...

There is ongoing turmoil in the native forest logging industry, as revealed in the ABC’s Four Corners program that aired last ...

Native timber logging in Victoria is set to grind to a halt by the end of the year, with the state government using today's budget to bring forward the death of the industry. The government will ...