Years of drought conditions in the Midwest and Great Plains have opened the door for pests and diseases that are killing ...

Scientists believe the famed ‘Methuselah tree’ was alive before the foundation of the Roman Empire and the building of the ...

The amount of forest with problems is up nearly 30,000 acres from 2023 and more than the 10-year average of 519,000 acres, but well below the acres mapped with diseased or dead trees in 2022 ...

"And in mature forests, this in-stream, dead-wood carbon pool is about 50% to 60% larger than that stored in downed wood in an area of equivalent size on the forest floor." ...

Downed trees on Don Hardin’s Black Forest property show the blue stain from the mountain pine beetle on July 3. Hardin is waiting to remove the timber before taking down more of the infested trees.

Dead trees teem with life. Katarina Zimmer Though no one may be around to hear when a tree falls in the forest, countless critters take note. Dormant fungi within the tree awaken to feast on it ...

The High Lakes Recreation Area of Santiam State Forest, including popular Rhody Lake, reopened this month after being closed ...

Wyoming’s few remaining lumber mills have struggled, but a shift in federal and state timber policy might change that. Trump ...

Less water and moisture mean that fir trees become more vulnerable to attacks by pests that bore into their bark to lay eggs ...

Dead ash trees in forests are a threat to the ecosystem, but their removal is made efficient with expert tree felling techniques. By carefully cutting and removing these trees, the surrounding ...