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August 25, 2023

Forest Service rejects expansion of Lutsen Mountains, a Midwestern skiing hotspot

The U.S. Forest Service on Friday rejected Lutsen Mountains' application to expand onto nearly 500 acres of public land in northern Minnesota.

August 24, 2023

US spends $150 million to help small forest owners sell carbon credits

To help fight climate change, the Biden administration is spending millions of dollars to assist underserved landowners in accessing technical help when selling carbon offsets.

August 21, 2023

Ecuador votes against drilling oil in protected area of Amazon rainforest

The country of Ecuador voted to stop drilling for oil in Yasuni National Park, a protected area in the Amazon rainforest. The region is home to two uncontacted tribes.

August 10, 2023

Brazil’s Amazon Summit ends with new rainforest protection plan but without measurable goals

An Amazon summit attended by Brazil and other countries has ended. A plan was created to prevent the irreversible destruction of the Amazon without jeopardizing economic development.

August 8, 2023

Indigenous leader inspires law to treat Amazone river as a living entity subject to rights

Brazilian municipality Guajara-Mirim has passed a law that designates the Komi Memem River personhood, a groundbreaking measure that was proposed by an Indigenous councilman.

August 8, 2023

Brazil, other Amazon rainforest countries to meet for the first time in 14 years over environmental threats

Countries surrounding the Amazon rainforest, such as Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia, are meeting for the first time in over a decade to discuss protection measures.

August 8, 2023

Brazilian official blasts European Union rules banning products from areas of deforestation

Brazil's agricultural minister blasted the new European Union rules that will ban products coming from deforested areas beginning in December 2024.

August 7, 2023

Man injured in grizzly bear attack while surveying Wyoming forest

A man surveying a remote part of Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming was injured in a surprise grizzly bear attack over the weekend, officials said.

August 7, 2023

Governments gather to discuss strategies to protect Amazon rainforest: 'We are accelerating climate change'

A major two-day Amazon Summit opens in Belem on Aug. 8, 2023. Governments of multiple countries are set to discuss strategies to save the rainforest.

July 25, 2023

New Mexico wildfire started by Forest Service prescribed burn, agency says

New Mexico lawmakers reacted on social media after the U.S. Forest Service found in a probe that its own prescribed burn started a wildfire last April that forced evacuation orders.