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Face it: All forests are "sluts"

If an allegedly untouched piece of woodland is "virgin forest," what does that make a forest that’s been logged or burnt or otherwise used by humans over the years?

by Sharon Friedman, Apr 13, 2012
States work conservation into trust lands management

Urban sprawl helps spur new efforts at compromise in managing state trust lands.

by Nathan Rice, Jun 22, 2011
CON: When a wilderness bill is a sham

Montana is the last best place because of its remaining wildlands, but Sen. Tester's new bill does not protect them.

by Larry Campbell, Jan 14, 2010
PRO: Sen. Tester's Montana bill is a true collaborative effort

Montana's wildlands as well as its people are well served by the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act.

by Bruce Farling, Jan 14, 2010
A sucker punch to the stomach: When trees turn red

Colorado's bark beetle epidemic is unlike anything that has ever happened to the state in its brief history.

by Allen Best, Aug 17, 2009
A slow-moving disaster

As bark beetles ravage Rocky Mountain forests, communities like Granby, Colo., have to adjust to a radically different landscape.

by Hillary Rosner, Aug 10, 2009
Taking control of the machine

Loggers and environmental activists are determined to restore Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, with or without the help of the Forest Service.

by Ray Ring , Jul 14, 2009
Forestry from the inside

The newspaper columns collected in Mary Stuever’s The Forester’s Log give an insider’s view of the challenges facing Western forests today.

by Irene Wanner, Jun 05, 2009
A rough road to repair

Abandoned logging routes wash $1.3 billion of trouble into Northwestern watersheds

by Francisco Tharp, Mar 27, 2008
Treehuggers and treecutters unite

Environmentalists have been working with Washington foresters to keep small tree farms in business, but the treaty between the two remains a fragile one.

by Lissa James, Jan 21, 2008