This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization, and is part of a special project on Food and Power in the West.

The naturalist John Muir once wrote that “between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.” That’s the experience of hiking through the piney woods of East Texas, where one enters the wild, can ...

Conserving what old-growth trees are left should be a priority for Washington state. These older trees are critical in storing massive amounts of carbon. Pacific Northwest trees are the third most ...

The world is grappling with the rapidly accelerating global climate and biodiversity crises, as greenhouse gas emissions exceed atmospheric safety margins and forests are cut down. From supercharged ...

A proactive new tool that can help preserve old forests in British Columbia has been developed by University of Alberta ...

The weakest showing for any of the 16 resolutions adopted at a national forest policy conference was one urging protection of old growth. Saving the nation’s oldest forests remains a priority among a ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Forest Service announced it would not be following through with the National Old Growth Amendment, which would have protected some of Oregon's iconic old-growth trees. The ...

Guide John Bates explores a remaining old growth forest, the Van Vliet Hemlocks. Forest guide John Bates leads educational walks through Van Vliet Hemlocks State Natural Area, one of Wisconsin's rare ...

The world has changed a lot in the 30 years following the timber wars, yet the same old rhetoric has not [“U.S. Forest Service needs to turn over a new leaf when it comes to old growth,” Sept. 24, ...

New research shows Africa’s forests now release more carbon than they absorb. This raises global climate risks and calls for ...