Did you know that it takes, on average, about 180 years to form 1 cubic centimeter of soil? That is 2.3 times the life expectancy for Americans – all to produce a small quantity of soil that fits in a ...

Wildfires have become a defining crisis of the modern West, obliterating forests, homes, and communities while choking skies ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 11, 2021) A Portland State University (PSU) study finds that pesticides from the forestry industry threaten clams, mussels, oysters (bivalves) along the Oregon state coast.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has received $12 million of a $35 million project led by the American Forest Foundation and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Partnership for ...

Forests cover nearly 20% of Indiana, and approximately 85% is in private ownerships like farms and families. Less than 20% of those owners have a forest management plan to guide them in the ...

Over the last century, scientists, environmentalists, the U.S. Forest Service, the government, ecologists, firefighters, and Indigenous people have all had different opinions about best logging and ...

CLOQUET, MINN. – Driving into the University of Minnesota's Cloquet Forestry Center on the outskirts of this town can seem like entering a summer camp. Unassuming frame and log buildings bear the hues ...

In recent years, the continued exploitation of natural resources and depletion of our forests has been a major issue to say the least. The fight for sustainability has become increasingly important as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This oak-hickory forest is the main type of woods found in the Hoosier National Forest, which is included in the Central Hardwoods ...

The interplay between forestry best management practices (BMPs) and water quality has become a dominant focus of contemporary environmental research. BMPs, which include techniques such as controlled ...