The U.S. Department of Agriculture has appointed Randy Moore, a regional forester in California, as the new chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Moore, who has served in that capacity for the Pacific ...

(Top right) Rebecca Hoffman, Monument Ranger, and her staff discuss daily tasks during a staff meeting at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument office, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, ...

The agency's associate chief suggested the changes are pragmatic. Opponents claim it's more like a "dismantling" of the agency.

While the EPA insists the benefits of glyphosate outweigh potential risks, the World Health Organization's cancer center is ...

ST. GEROGE, Utah (KUTV) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a statement regarding the firing of approximately 2,000 probationary, non-firefighting employees from the U.S. Forest Service, ...

This story was originally published by Mountain Journal. The U.S. Forest Service has been searching for an identity almost since the federal government began managing trees in the 19th century. It ...

Mass timber is transforming how America builds—but supply hasn’t kept pace with demand, reports the USDA Forest Service. A gap in domestic manufacturing has slowed widespread adoption, leaving many ...

Michael Boren, confirmed for his Agriculture Department job by the Senate last month, remains in a temporary position at the Interior Department. More than a month after the Senate confirmed Michael ...

The study estimated that the treatments, such as forest thinning and prescribed burns, prevented $2.8 billion in losses, ...