Salvage logging could speed up on fire-scarred federal land near Yosemite National Park, under an amended bill passed by a divided House on Wednesday. If the Senate goes along, the Yosemite-area ...

The devastating Rim Fire around Yosemite National Park has now rekindled a fierce fight over salvage logging. Some want to speed commercial removal of the wrecked timber left behind by the fire that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Logged trees are piled along Highway 46, adjacent to the Breitenbush River. A federal judge has halted U.S. Forest Service plans ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would make it easier for national-forest managers to authorize salvage logging, the harvest of timber in areas that have been hit by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 5—There is plenty to debate about salvage logging of burned trees after wildfires. The timber industry says it's important to ...

Post-burn salvage-logging is believed by many foresters and scientists to be one of the most ecologically dangerous practices in modern forestry, and is a deceptive excuse for timber companies to ...