US Plans New Forest Protections, Issues Old-Growth Inventory
Those older forests cover an area larger than California but are under threat by fires, insects, disease and other side-effects of climate change.
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U.S. Considers Logging Project Along Scenic Wyoming Highway
Some researchers dispute the impact of insect-killed trees on wildfire.
Logging Operations Ongoing on Medicine Bow Forest
Officials on the Medicine Bow National Forest say motorists on I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie and along Happy Jack Road will see logging operations over the next year or two as crews work to remove hazardous trees from along the roadways.