Through a federal agency’s zeal, the big trees are in trouble. In the Sierra Madre’s fire regime, developed over centuries, sequoia groves burned every 6 to 35 years.

When Brian French learned this week that the Doerner Fir was burning, he could think of only two reasons why: Either lighting had struck the enormous conifer in coastal Oregon — or someone had set it ...

LEWIS COUNTY — It takes special skills and equipment to cut big trees in rugged terrain. Only hand fallers could work the steepest slopes on the McCannon timber sale, a sprawling 111-acre cut ...

However, old forests’ big, dense trees are highly valued for their lumber. “DNR is deliberately targeting older forests to satisfy the logging industry,” Wright said.

Forest defenders launched a blockade on May 7, 2025 near Port Angeles, Wash., in order to halt the clearcut logging of one of the last low-elevation mature forests in the Elwha Watershed.

Six conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, June 14, 2022, seeking to prevent the logging of large, live trees on national forests east of the Cascades in a move to reverse a decision ...

But lawsuits to block allegedly illegal logging of larger trees continue. Earlier this month, the state and federal agencies' cooperative work agreement was extended until 2032 under the Good ...

Safety. “On occasion, it may be necessary for Sustainable Timber Tasmania to remove a large tree where it presents an access or safety risk,” a spokeswoman told news.com.au. That is possible.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Meg Krawchuk of Oregon State University about the Biden administration's proposal to protect old growth forests. Old trees contain more carbon than younger trees.

What makes a tree “old growth” can vary. But for the BLM, trees between 36 to 40 inches in diameter, depending on the area, and over 174 years old are generally off-limits to logging.