New federal laws could “lock up” timber land for decades at a time, raising concerns big companies could elbow out smaller competitors and that timber revenue for counties could be delayed for years.

HULETT—Jim Neiman says that the best-case scenario for his family’s timber mill at the base of the Bear Lodge Mountains is that it doesn’t shutter. The Crook County sawmill in 2022 shrunk to one shift ...

The Republican-backed budget bill that passed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday authorizes dramatic increases to logging on federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. But ...

A federal appeals court has sided with environmental groups over logging private land that was once part of the Elliott State Forest. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed a 2022 ...

Timber harvests would be taxed based on value, rather than log volume, under a controversial Oregon bill that aims to raise more money for wildfire protection. For the past three decades, Oregon ...

The largest timber companies operating in Southeast Alaska want the Tongass National Forest to sell them more old-growth timber, and they’re suing the federal government to get it. The Department of ...

On March 1, President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the immediate expansion of American timber production. Within the executive order, it's said that increased production of timber, ...

Sustainable forest management plans in the Brazilian Amazon are intended to ensure compliance with strict environmental rules, but many are used fraudulently as cover for illegal logging, according to ...

* Illegal logging down 22 pct - Chatham House * Still a problem in nations such as Brazil, Indonesia * China top illegal timber importer, feeds western demand By Alister Doyle, Environment ...