Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

Pine Forest High School will host the Smokey's BBQ Bringing All the Smoke Invitational track and field meet on April 5th. The meet will serve as a qualifier for the regional track meet in May.

Pine tree caterpillars have sparked heated discussions in Cyprus as they continue to decimate forest areas covering approximately 90% of the island. For years, the country's Forestry Department ...

Yes, it was from the forests that humans collected seeds and began to cultivate when they changed from being hunter-gatherers to pastoralists. This makes forests the most important part of the ...

One white pine in Belden Forest has been measured to be 144 feet tall, one of the tallest measured in the state, according to the OGFN. Most of the state’s forests are now over 100 years old ...

20 March 2025 - This year’s International Day of Forests highlights the vital role of forests in food security, nutrition, and sustainable livelihoods. This year’s theme, “Forests and Foods ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they need our help to recover. 4:03 The kelp forests off the coast of ...

Environmental groups say increased logging would decimate American forests, pollute air and water and devastate wildlife habitats. And because trees absorb and store carbon dioxide, a greenhouse ...

Timber industry groups and businesses cheered the decision, saying it could finally pave the way for meaningful forest management and fill rural jobs following the closure of at least seven timber ...

The forest biomass industry — cutting forests to make wood pellets to be burned in power plants — will continue booming through 2030, says a new report. By then, pellets made in the U.S ...