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Menominee tribe logging wisconsin
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The giving forest, and a tribe’s sustainable logging practices

The Menominee tribe has sustainably logged its forest in Wisconsin for 160 years. But that careful balance faces a crisis: too many trees and too few loggers.
Biden bans roads, logging in Alaska’s Tongass
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Biden bans roads, logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The U.S. Forest Service rule restricts development on more than nine million acres in North America’s largest temperate rainforest, reversing a Trump decision.
Can a nation replace its oil wealth with trees?

Can a nation replace its oil wealth with trees?

Gabon knows its oil won’t last forever, so officials are turning to the Central African nation’s rainforest for revenue — while also promising to preserve it.
What do the protectors of the 'world's lungs' get in return?

What do the protectors of the 'world's lungs' get in return?

The world is suddenly focused on a huge natural carbon store in the Congo Basin. Its guardians are asking what they're owed for keeping it intact.
Biden plans to restore protections to Tongass National Forest stripped under Trump
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Biden plans to restore protections to Tongass National Forest stripped under Trump

The administration says it will “repeal or replace” the rule that opened up more than half of Tongass National Forest to logging.
Nicholas Kristoff: They overcame mutual loathing, and saved a town
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Nicholas Kristoff: They overcame mutual loathing, and saved a town

Environmentalists and loggers in Oregon thought they had nothing in common, until they started talking.

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