The “21-inch rule” protects trees that are 21 inches in diameter or larger at breast height on six national forests east of the Cascade Mountains crest in Oregon and Washington. It was implemented in ...

To achieve this, researchers set up two experimental plots of Cryptomeria japonica trees, commonly known as the Japanese cedar, in November 2017 in the experimental forests operated by the Forestry ...

Even-aged forest management is geared towards timber production with ecosystem health as a lesser consideration. This creates a dichotomy where forests are treated either as plantations or reserves.

The illegal felling of valuable green Deodar trees has been detected in a dense forest near Riyuni, around five kilometres from the Chopal Forest headquarter in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh.

After more than a century of fire suppression in California’s forests, mounting evidence shows that frequent fire — through practices like prescribed fire or Indigenous cultural burning — can improve ...

Average tree size across the Amazon has increased by 3.2% every decade consistent with a response to rising carbon dioxide levels, a new study suggests. The new research published today (25 Sep) in ...