As a brutal winter retreats into the record books, Bostonians of all species are out and about. “Mating sparrows, wild turkeys, hunting hawks, they’re all around us as we work,” says Orion Kriegman, ...

In response to the Monitor’s article on forestry, I want to share why I believe ecological forestry is our best tool for ensuring healthy, resilient forests in the future. I’ve had the opportunity to ...

Forests are among the most complex yet vital ecosystems on Earth. They regulate climate, support biodiversity, and sustain human communities. With the growing realities of climate change and ...

Human society depends economically and socially on resilient forests, a new report from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations demonstrates. As a result, pushing forests toward ...

On harvest days at Three Creeks Farm and Forest in the Missouri River valley, farm owner Emily Wright and her staff collect three varieties of leafy greens from the field. “We can't really grow enough ...

Humboldt County has prepared a plan for how it’s going to manage the McKay Community Forest just outside of Eureka, and it borrows heavily from how the city of Arcata manages its own community forest.

At dawn in the Alentejo, the fields glow gold and the air hums with cicadas. Men with axes move through the cork oaks, slicing into the bark with surgical precision. The first strike is quiet, ...

Editor’s Note: This story is part two in a series about Maine’s changing forests. Robert Seymour looked approvingly around him at the mix of trees — white pines, sugar maples, white ashes and a few up ...

I look across a salt marsh in South Wellfleet, Mass., lush in midsummer, the emerald cordgrass swaying in the sea breeze. A marsh hawk cruises low, searching for voles. But at the marsh’s edge, a ...