It is heartening that so many people love the forest, but disagreement about whether and how to manage forests is just under the surface.

Thinning, the practice of removing some trees to promote the growth of others, is a common forestry management technique, but ...

If you own woodlands, do you have a forest management plan? Is it written down? Do you have goals for the property, and are you managing the property to meet those goals? Purdue Extension foresters ...

Forested areas provide habitat for a variety of wildlife species ranging from wild turkeys and white-tailed deer to cerulean warblers and eastern red-back salamanders. These species have a wide range ...

California's coastal redwoods have stood for centuries, weathering a changing climate, logging, and time itself. But in an ...

Forests are home to unique biodiversity and provide multiple ecosystem services, while also maintaining ecosystem carbon balance. However, anthropogenic activity and climate change can have a profound ...

Forest managers are increasingly willing to use prescribed burns for conservation. Some say the practice does more harm than ...

Over one-third of Colorado is forested acreage — 24 million acres of the state’s 66.48 million acres — managed by a variety of local, state and federal entities. The Colorado State Forest Service and ...

Uniform and intensive forest management approaches threaten European forest biodiversity. There are many different ways to manage forests, but the effects of different combinations of approaches are ...