In early spring, a reddish haze appears in the woodlands. With most deciduous trees still dormant, the red maples are living ...

In early spring, a reddish haze appears in the woodlands. With most deciduous trees still dormant, the red maples are living ...

Nestled in a quiet patch just off Route 202 in Simsbury is a 40-acre wooded area named Belden Forest. At first glance, the area may look like any other forest in Connecticut, but it’s actually ...

President Donald Trump has instructed federal agencies to plan to log national forests harder, working around environmental protections, including for endangered species. His directive ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

What's False The executive order does not directly call for 280 million acres of national forests and other protected public lands to be clear-cut. On March 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Danna Smith, executive director at Dogwood Alliance, a North Carolina-based nonprofit that works to protect Southern forests, said the executive order could be catastrophic for combating both ...

Environmental groups say increased logging would decimate American forests, pollute air and water and devastate wildlife habitats. And because trees absorb and store carbon dioxide, a greenhouse ...

The Trump administration's steep cuts to staff at national parks, forests and wildlife habitats have triggered a growing backlash, as public access and conservation efforts in these remote wild ...

The conservation easement secures the land’s upland forests, 26 acres of wetlands, and Naugatuck River headwaters. What more vividly embodies the power of private land conservation than two land ...

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