Two recent articles in the Star Tribune addressed the controversy swirling around timber harvest in Minnesota Wildlife and Aquatic Management Areas (WMAs and AMAs) over the past five years ("DNR logs ...

To connect two recent pieces in the Monitor, “Protecting and providing in the WMNF” and “Where are the birds?”, the benefits to wildlife habitat from forest thinning cannot be overstated. While this ...

There are clues that signal to hikers they have entered the prized, 32-acre swath of old-growth forest at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Gibraltar Township. Branches in the high ...

Large, threatened mammals such as great apes and forest elephants and other wildlife are better conserved in FSC-certified forests compared to non-certified. Key findings: FSC-certified forests a ...

Human-wildlife conflict has driven the decline of once-abundant species and is pushing others to the brink of extinction.

As a biologist and science educator, I know all of the scientific reasons that forests are important for both people and wildlife: Forests provide clean drinking water to nearly half the U.S.

Aclutch of forest beat guards, the frontline personnel of the forest department responsible for protection, conservation, and ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Starting this Friday, four winter range closures take effect across the Deschutes National Forest to provide critical habitat for deer and elk. Beginning December 1, four annual ...

Vermont forests are under threat. This includes the plants and animals who call our forests home, as well as our communities that rely on healthy forests for clean drinking water, recreational ...