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California sets aside $170 million to thin vegetation, forests to help prevent wildfires
Six conservancies throughout the state will oversee work largely in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.
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Logging to be boosted, including in all California national forests
National Forests will soon seen increased logging after the USDA released a memo directing the forest service to increase ...
Trump’s order to expand U.S. timber production includes all of California’s national forests
A federal order to increase U.S. timber production by 25% will touch all 18 of California's national forests, officials said.
USA Today7d
‘Ill-advised and unwise’: Critics question plan to open California forests to major logging
The USDA ordered a 25% increase in lumber production from national forests, including those in Southern California. Experts argue that Southern California forests lack suitable lumber and nearby ...
Los Angeles Times5d
A rare, giant starfish could hold the key to restoring kelp forests on the California coast
On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea ...
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USDA orders California national forests open for major logging
Southern California's wildfire-ravaged national forests soon could fall under the ax, literally. An emergency order issued by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday ...