Logging

A University of Utah study used data from wildfires in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California to look at how private forests for industrial timber harvest were impacted by severe fire weather, brought about by climate change.

But a lot of industry representatives aren’t happy with portions of the law.

Trees are often viewed as a climate solution, as they suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Research also shows that logging pollutes more than previously thought.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending up to $200 million to help loggers and timber haulers recover from the pandemic.

The sun is just a dim red dot. The nearby Canadian Rockies are shrouded in thick wildfire smoke. Bob Gray knows we probably shouldn’t be hiking up a...