Deforestation, reforestation, forest fires, and protecting the world's lungs.
Formal Repeal of Roadless Rule Directly Threatens Midwest Wilderness
# Repeal of Clinton-Era Roadless Rule Opens Midwest Forests to Logging and Development The Trump administration's formal repeal of the Clinton-era Ro…
‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition
Restore, a nature restoration company, has purchased Emblehope Moor, a 7,500-acre expanse in northern Northumberland, for £8.5 million. The acquisitio…
The Amazon’s Defenders Declare a State of Emergency
Indigenous organizations across the Amazon basin have convened in Puyo, Ecuador for the 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (FOSPA), declaring a state of …
A Montana Community Rallies to Save Its Beloved Ski Hill
# Montana Ski Community Mobilizes to Protect Maverick Mountain After Wildfire Threat The Sand Creek Fire forced firefighters and aircraft to defend M…
Burning Questions Confront Wildland Firefighters in Maine and Across New England
# Wildfire Season Accelerates Across New England as Droughts Drive Fire Activity Wildfires across New England are intensifying at a pace that challen…
Recent Rain Slowed Southwestern Montana Wildfires. Now the Heat Is Returning.
Firefighters have contained the Sand Creek Fire to 2 percent and are making progress on three large wildfires burning more than 47,000 acres in southw…
Trump administration advances plan to open national forests to development
The Trump administration is advancing a proposal to repeal the Roadless Rule, a Clinton-era regulation that has protected nearly 45 million acres of n…
Sierra Club Statement on USDA Announcement to Remove Roadless Rule Protections
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to dismantle protections under the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a 2001 Forest Service regulatio…
Why it might be time to rethink the human family tree
# Why Reclassifying Our Evolutionary Lineage Matters Paleoanthropologists face a fundamental problem: the taxonomic framework for classifying human a…
Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations
Canada's wildfire season has displaced thousands of residents, with First Nations communities bearing the brunt of the crisis. Indigenous leaders repo…