Many modern folk would have a hard time explaining where the natural gas in their home comes from, or how bread is made, or even what the very walls around them are made of. The same goes for lumber.

A battle plan is being formulated to combat the pesky bark beetle in the 3.16-million-acre Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests.

Forest Service research shows that urban trees store an estimated 21 million tons of carbon, which translates to an environmental service valued at more than one billion dollars in economic benefit.

A new manual released by the U.S. Forest Service provides guidance on how best to use the millions of dead and dying urban trees infected by invasive insects in the eastern United States.

The U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory, APA-The Engineered Wood Association, and Habitat for Humanity Rhode Island—Greater Providence officially kicked off the Carbon Challenge Providence Design Competition with a January 17 kickoff party at the Roots Cultural Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

A comprehensive U.S. Forest Service report released today examines the ways expanding populations, increased urbanization, and changing land-use patterns could profoundly impact natural resources, including water supplies, nationwide during the next 50 years.

The U.S. Forest Service has mobilized inter-agency wildfire suppression crews and incident management teams to assist in the clean up of havoc wreaked by Hurricane Sandy in four northeast states.

The number of dead trees on 750 million acres of public and private forests across America is on the decline for the second straight year, with most of the reductions seen in western states where bark beetles have infested millions of trees, according to a report released today by the U.S. Forest Service.

Tricon Timber LLC, which bills itself as Montana's largest family-owned sawmill operation, was cited for 27 serious and repeat safety violations and fined $128,700 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.