But logging can transform a swath of forest from a carbon “sink” into a carbon source, not only destroying CO 2-absorbing trees but emitting tons of new greenhouse gases in the process. Clearcutting — ...

“The Forest Service needs to drop the South Plateau project and quit cutting old-growth forests,” said Mike Garrity, executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies. “Especially clearcutting ...

About 59% of all national forest lands in the U.S., including some in southern and central Arizona, would be open to logging under far fewer environmental restrictions than exist today, under a ...