Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: I’m staying at Mission for a few days, and my husband and I have become entranced by the huge construction crane ...
Satellite imagery shows that logging activity is spreading from peripheral areas of the Amazon toward the rainforest’s core, according to groundbreaking research. The satellite-based mapping of seven ...
Michael Hunter slammed a mallet onto a hand-held drum, the beats ringing out in rapid succession. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! “The drum is always loud enough it seems like,” he said, “where ...
DULUTH — A federal audit found the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources used grant and license revenue appropriately, but it also said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had “valid concerns” that ...
The Republican-backed budget bill that passed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday authorizes dramatic increases to logging on federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. But ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced it is rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, removing longstanding federal protections that barred road construction and logging ...
KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho — The Idaho Panhandle National Forests has temporarily closed Bunco Road, a popular driving route east of Athol and Lake Pend Oreille, due to logging and truck hauling ...
Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...