State and federal officials signed an agreement Tuesday they said will help protect Idaho's national forest lands, which they said are at risk of insect infestations and destructive wildfires.
Idaho has more than doubled the number of workers assigned to logging and restoration projects on federal lands in the state with the goal of doubling the timber harvest and restoration treatments on by 2025.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say Idaho's logging rules intended to protect water quality in streams inhabited by fish are effective and that loggers are following those rules.
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has rescinded a decision approving a salvage logging project in northern Idaho after a federal judge halted the plan at the request of two environmental groups.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit to stop a salvage logging project on a national forest near the Selway River in northern Idaho following a wildfire.