Michael Hunter slammed a mallet onto a hand-held drum, the beats ringing out in rapid succession. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! “The drum is always loud enough it seems like,” he said, “where ...

As counterintuitive as it might seem, logging could be one way to help make California’s woodlands more wildfire resilient. Unfortunately, the process is beset with its own unique set of supply chain ...

The two dozen major fires burning across Northern California were sparked by more than 12,000 lightning strikes, a freak weather occurrence that turned what had been a relatively mild fire season into ...

EUREKA — The coronavirus has shut down most of Humboldt County, as it has the rest of the state, but some traditions of northwest California endure: Loggers keep felling redwoods, and eco-activists ...

A yellow machine rumbles along a ridge in the Stanislaus National Forest on an early July morning, kicking up clouds of dust and mowing down trees with remarkable speed. The diesel-powered “feller ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An activist named Alder ascends a redwood tree named Gemini, where tree sitters have been camping intermittently on a platform to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cold, clear waters of Blue Creek provide vital habitat for salmon. (Godofredo A. Vásquez / Associated Press) Along the Klamath ...

As California scrambles to reduce wildfire hazards by thinning its overgrown forests, rural government officials and forestry lobbyists are making a last-ditch effort to kill legislation that would ...

The Trump administration is calling in the chain saws at scores of national forests, including the 18 in California, hoping to ramp up timber production in places that millions of Americans visit each ...