A Gallatin National Forest timber sale sidelined by court cases spanning nearly six years has been upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, allowing the sale to proceed over objections it threatens wildlife habitat near Yellowstone National Park.
Palmettos in Pennsylvania? Magnolias in Minnesota? The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if future global warming patterns mirror a monumental shift that took place in the past, new research by an international team of scientists suggests.
Georgia-Pacific, the paper giant that makes Dixie cups and Brawny paper towels, agreed to be sold yesterday for $13.2 billion to Koch Industries, a family-controlled conglomerate that will become the nation's largest privately held company.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)and Portland, Ore., consulting firm Forest Products Solutions have announced that Goldman Sachs will receive the first annual Designing & Building with FSC Award for their new building at 30 Hudson Street in Jersey City, N.J.
On a common-sense level, it is obvious. When a forest burns, the trees are dead. So you cut them down, haul them to the sawmill, and plant new ones. Soon the blackened hillsides will be covered with healthy green trees.
A forest that is home to a rare tree species found only on the Galapagos Islands is threatened by fire set by an erupting volcano, officials said Sunday.
There are only 400 specimens of the Scalesia-Cordata tree left in the world, press reports said Sunday. The species has succumbed over the years to pressure from imported goats and cattle as well as insects.
House leaders late Wednesday abandoned an attempt to push through a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling, fearing it would jeopardize approval of a sweeping budget bill Thursday.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday unveiled a plan to designate critical habitat for lynx forest cats, complying with a court order pressed by environmentalists.
