NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Matthew Hurteau, a forest ecologist at University of New Mexico, about the effectiveness of tree clearing and thinning in preventing wildfires or mitigating their intensity.

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. The difference ...

Though no one may be around to hear when a tree falls in the forest, countless critters take note. Dormant fungi within the tree awaken to feast on it, joined by others that creep up from the soil.

More than 24 million acres, a third of the state, are forested with trees like spruce fir, ponderosa and lodgepole pine. Three-quarters of those forests are publicly owned. Colorado has seen ...

Since 1990, the planet has lost about 420 million hectares of forest. That’s almost twice the size of Greenland. Most of the time, trees are cleared for agricultural expansion, which means ...

In the Trump administration, trees were crops. In the Biden administration, they’re guardians of the climate. This fall’s election will determine which label wins, though the Forest Service ...

Sacred forests share a number of commonalities. They are often in hilly areas where deities are said to reside. The trees, rivers, plants, animals, even the stones that inhabit the holy space are ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — Christmas Tree permits are now on sale online and through local Forest Service and BLM offices and vendors. “For many families, bringing home a Christmas tree ...

SALT LAKE CITY — One of the state's leading experts on hydrology and snowpack said "trees are the enemy ... Critics of the forest thinning proposal say it is not the answer.