In northern Arizona, along the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service is considering the unthinkable: logging in a National …

Next to a nuclear explosion, there is no more lethal killing force on earth than a big forest fire. The most violent are called “blowups” …

Of all the human events that have altered the character of western forests, including a century of timber harvesting and livestock grazing, none has had …

The claim that ailing western forests can heal themselves if they are left alone seems based on a belief that pre-European forests and prairies were …

In the summer of 1874 – not quite 11 years after he won the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Battle of Gettysburg and less …

Editor’s Note: No forest industry association executive has ever equaled, much less surpassed, W.D. Hagenstein’s prolific output. In the 35 years that he ran the venerable Industrial Forestry Association [IFA], …

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2008. Much of what was written has indeed, unfortunately, come to pass. Our forests are burning while yet …

By: Barry Wynsma, USFS, Retired Member, National Association of Forest Service Retirees For those of you who have been following Forest Service land management issues, the …

By: Bruce Vincent Editor’s Note: In honor of those that Labor Day honors – in my mind those who gets their hands dirty every – we …