Jon Regan stands between two tree that sprung up from stump cut 15 years ago. Regan says his job, like the foresters who harvested timber from the site 15 years ago, is to make sure the process is ...

A crime trend that is taking state investigators deep into the woods. People are stealing trees in state parks, forestry land and even private property. “It’s not like it's a flower being pulled out ...

There is a prevailing sense among proponents of mass timber that building with wood is inherently good. This enthusiasm is largely premised on a key assumption that if a tree sequesters carbon as it ...

Tyler Hillyard, Treg Sherman, and Tyler Sirak are three entrepreneurs who have figured out how to turn salvaged urban trees into gold. They are the masterminds behind Urbn Timber, a successful live ...

County officials could decide if property owners in their county may continue getting a tax exemption for land with timber or fruit trees on it under a bill in the Iowa Senate. The bill, which changes ...

A good tree claim in Lyon County, c. 1900. MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND ...

Tree 1007 is a western hemlock, gnarled by nature and now girdled by man. A forester chiseled off a 3-inch-wide band of its thick bark, circling the tree to create a deathly halo of exposed cambium ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Illegal trade in tropical timber costs countries billions of dollars in revenue each year and threatens regional and national biodiversity.

As a small crew worked last week cutting down timber in a spruce-fir forest south of Collbran on Grand Mesa, a rain cloud scudded overhead and moistened the scene. It was an isolated shower, though, ...