Forestland owners can get paid to complete their first tree thinning, said Joe Friend, forester for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The program is a U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest ...

It rises 7,000 feet from the rugged foothills north of Ojai, in Ventura County. Known as Pine Mountain, it is home to rare California chaparral, hundreds of species of native plants and wildlife, and ...

"People often are surprised and in disbelief when I tell them that the yellow, dying needles are a function of the normal shedding that happens every fall," said Ingrid Aguayo, forest entomologist for ...

MESA — Forest thinning projects are under way in every national forest across Arizona. The largest is taking place in Apache-Sitgreaves. "Our goal here is to thin 150,000 acres of ponderosa pine ...

Tribal governments will be allowed to thin brush and small trees on federal lands adjacent to their reservations under a new federal law intended to help prevent the spread of wildfires. HELENA, Mont.

McGuire Spring in Boulder Canyon, which touches part of the tract targeted for forest thinning. (Dan McCaslin / Noozhawk photo) A naturally human need to roam and wander the hills lured us out to ...

“What can we do with all our thinned pine? It’s got no value!” I’ve heard this many times over the years from fellow mountain dwellers and land managers in the U.S. West, where we are clearing trees ...

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A citizen advisory board will tour parts of the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve on Wednesday to get an idea how it might look after a proposed timber cutting, tree thinning and prescribed burning project to ...

Now that my prescribed burning season is over, the next priority is to take a couple of kids and my wife turkey hunting. About halfway through turkey season, I will pretty much quit hunting and ...

A log truck pulls out from a forest thinning operation underway on Forest Road 4610 off Skyliners Road in Bend on Wednesday morning. The fluttering snowflakes turned into a full-on blizzard as Tony ...

It rises 7,000 feet from the rugged foothills north of Ojai, in Ventura County. Known as Pine Mountain, it is home to rare California chaparral, hundreds of species of native plants and wildlife, and ...