When it comes to finding the perfect Christmas tree, William Lyon has it down to a science. Every year, Lyon downloads official maps of U.S. Forest Service roads — Apple and Google maps never have ...

Normally, it's illegal to chop down a tree in a national forest. This month, however, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is all for it—provided you get yourself a Forest Service-issued permit first.

Does your family celebrate Christmas with a decked-out, real, live Christmas tree? Did you know that you can head into your local national forest to cut down your own wild Christmas tree for just $5?

The US Forest Service hopes families will want to end 2020 with a live tree, preferably one cut from a national forest. Cutting down a Christmas tree is a tradition for many, and a healthy tradition ...

Last year, the planet suffered through the hottest year on record. Across the globe, records for hottest days, weeks and months were broken, and heat-related fatalities continued to rise. The effects ...

Peter Stark’s North Slope Sustainable Wood company is one of the success stories of the new green movement in woodworking. A noted author and fervent environmentalist, Stark says he became an ...

Does your family celebrate Christmas in Vermont with a decked-out, real, live tree? Did you know that you can head into the Green Mountain National Forest to cut down your own wild Christmas tree for ...

MOUNT WASHINGTON — State foresters say their project to tackle invasives and pests and cut some trees here will help the land and help curb the effects of climate change. They also say that a weed ...

A timber faller trims out a redwood on The Conservation Fund’s Garcia River Watershed property The Garcia River winds through The Conservation Fund’s property GARCIA RIVER WATERSHED, CALIFORNIA – ...