While there's no timber theft charge on the books in Kentucky, regular theft charges can still be filed, said Dea Riley, executive director of the Appalachian Roundtable, which is currently ...

Ultimately the ecological impacts of logging are more costly to society than the tax dollars we give to the welfare timber industry.

A new directive from federal agricultural officials could mean more logging and destruction of natural habitats in Kentucky’s 708,000-acre Daniel Boone National Forest, environmental groups ...

Kentucky Heartwood said commercial logging would take place on more than 3,900 acres, making it the biggest timber project in nearly 20 years on the Daniel Boone National Forest, which covers ...

From humble beginnings traipsing through California’s vast forests with his dad to salvaging wood from forest fires, Red Emmerson has built a logging empire by being cheaper and more aggressive ...

A Kentucky environmental group has sued to try to block a planned logging project in the Daniel Boone National Forest it says could hurt endangered species.

An Adair County man was killed on Wednesday in a logging accident, according to Kentucky State Police. Tony Burton, a 53-year-old Columbia man, was using a farm tractor to maneuver timber on Tower ...

Timber harvested illegally under fraudulent permits is undercutting conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon, new research by an international collaboration shows.