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Timber wars
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Timber wars

Thirty years ago, a fight over old-growth forests and the spotted owl forever transformed the way we see – and fight over – the natural world.
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colorado wildfires climate
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As Colorado wildfires burn, fears that climate change is causing "multi-level emergency" mount

The record-breaking forest fires burning in Colorado even as winter sets in are the latest sign climate warming is hitting the West hard, causing scientists to up their rhetoric and warn it is past time to move beyond planning and start aggressively acting.

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How beavers became North America's best firefighter
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How beavers became North America's best firefighter

The rodent creates fireproof refuges for many species, suggesting wildlife managers should protect beaver habitat as the U.S. West burns.
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The women fighting fire - and gender inequality - in the American wilderness
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The women fighting fire - and gender inequality - in the American wilderness

From rappelling down helicopters to leading hotshot crews, these women are driving change in the male-dominated forest service.

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What happened when a public institute became a de facto lobbying arm of the timber industry
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What happened when a public institute became a de facto lobbying arm of the timber industry

Internal emails show a tax-funded agency created to educate people about forestry has acted as a public-relations agency and lobbying arm for Oregon’s timber industry, in some cases skirting legal constraints that forbid it from doing so.
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COVID-19 complicates an already dire wildfire season

COVID-19 complicates an already dire wildfire season

"None of us have ever had to do this before”: Firefighting teams innovate to avoid disease as they protect people.
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In Saratoga Springs, experts talk climate change impacts on invasive species
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In Saratoga Springs, experts talk climate change impacts on invasive species

Researchers are gathering in Saratoga Springs this week for a meeting of the North American Invasive Species Management Association. Researchers, academics, foresters and environmental agency employees from Maine to Utah to Canada and Europe participated and one of the hot topics this year was climate change and how it may speed the spread of some invasives.
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Supreme Court considers reviving nondelegation doctrine limiting agency power

Supreme Court considers reviving nondelegation doctrine limiting agency power

The Senate race in Nevada pits renewable energy against fossil fuels

The Senate race in Nevada pits renewable energy against fossil fuels

Harris stays vague on her energy policies ahead of the election

Harris stays vague on her energy policies ahead of the election

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Cancer Alley Louisiana

Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

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utah forest management cronyism

Utah’s taxpayers foot bill for rancher’s tree-clearing plan