The move threatens thousands of miles of wilderness used for recreation by hikers, bikers, kayakers and others, and it threatens endangered species.

The groups said the Forest Service plan’s flaws — including clear-cutting for timber — are magnified by the damage from Hurricane Helene. Environmental groups sued the Trump administration Friday to ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Environmental advocates are fighting a federal plan that increases logging operations in two U.S. forests in North Carolina. MountainTrue, Sierra Club, Center for Biological ...

Friday is the last day for the public to comment on the environmental impact statement of the draft National Old-Growth Amendment. The U.S. Forest Service is deciding how it will manage the remaining ...

A scene in the Pisgah National Forest. Photo by Jack Igelman, courtesy of Carolina Public Press By Arturo Pineda, originally published by Carolina Public Press. Carolina Public Press is an independent ...

BURNSVILLE, N.C. — As Western North Carolina’s forests recover from Hurricane Helene, environmental groups say Pisgah and Nantahala face a one-two punch from the federal government, potentially ...

Logging trucks often have logs extending off the back of trailers. A North Carolina man was killed when he ran into a log hanging off a trailer similar to this one, the N.C. Highway Patrol reports.