Allegheny National Forest will increase logging by millions of board feet this year
Though not an historic high, timbering will ramp up under a new directive by the Trump administration.
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Logging poised to accelerate in Allegheny National Forest under emergency declaration
The declaration will make it easier to cut more timber as some regulations like endangered species protections and public challenges are curtailed.
Alcohol made from sunflower seeds?! A tour of a new distillery and educational center in Kane
It also features the world’s longest bar made from one continuous piece of wood.
Non-native beetles, flies introduced in effort to save hemlock trees in Allegheny National Forest
Hemlock woolly adelgid is a non-native, invasive insect that threatens to decimate eastern hemlock trees.
A trail less traveled: Few have hiked all 4,800 miles of the North Country Trail
Only 20 people are known to have hiked the entire North Country National Scenic Trail. In Ohio farm country, one more name is about to make the list.
Allegheny National Forest among first federal lands to get funding for cleanup of orphaned wells
Eighteen high priority abandoned oil and gas wells in the Allegheny National Forest are set to be cleaned up with the first round of federal funds.
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Sells Land Along the Clarion River for the Allegheny National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service is buying the 2-mile strip along the Clarion River for $1.2 million, filling a donut hole in the Allegheny National Forest.
Could ‘Herd Immunity’ Save Ash Trees in the Allegheny National Forest?
Emerald ash borers are wiping out ash trees across the country. Researchers are trying to see how many ash trees need to be treated in a forest to protect them all.
Fireflies Put on a Brilliant Show in Allegheny National Forest
Fireflies are known to flash in sync in just a few places on earth. But scientists have recently discovered that one of those places is the Allegheny National Forest.
