Loggers typically target a cluster of high-value old-growth trees, making it easier for the community to track the path of destruction through their forest patrols. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

For the third time in six years, the U.S. Forest Service will study the environmental impact of burrowing a large natural gas pipeline through a 3.5-mile stretch of the Jefferson National Forest.

It marched further eastward, plowing through the Daniel Boone National Forest's rugged terrain at EF-3 strength and downing trees in its path ... and throwing" of a high-tension power pole ...

Outside of the forest, several homes, buildings, churches, and even the London airport were laid waste as the tornado's path cut through populated areas. NWS crews are still conducting surveys in ...

Morning light cut a path through the tree canopy of towering bald cypresses, Nuttall's oaks and red maples and dappled the forest floor. Twittering birds eyed the movement below from high up in ...