A century ago today, Minnesota lawmakers succumbed to common sense and public outrage and established the Minnesota Forest Service -- the first state agency assigned to battle incessant wildfires and ...

Anytime the summer is hotter or cooler, drier or wetter than usual, you will see news stories about farmers, with speculation about damaged crops or losses. Minnesota's loggers also depend on the ...

Anytime the summer is hotter or cooler, drier or wetter than usual, you will see news stories about farmers, with speculation about damaged crops or losses. Minnesota’s loggers also depend on the ...

Minnesota's forests can sustain logging 5.5 million cords of wood each year, about double the current harvest level, according to an analysis released Monday by the Minnesota Department of Natural ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Forest Industries executive vice president Rick Horton gave me a strong counterpoint to the views expressed in my Oct. 31 column, which highlighted the charge by some retired ...

John Rajala hiked into a 6,000-acre tract of land he calls Wolf Lake Camp that his family bought over 50 years ago. “This is hallowed ground that we’re about to walk into now,” he said on that fall ...

Q: Minnesota derives great benefit from having healthy, productive forests. What role does logging play in maintaining or improving forest health? A: Minnesota’s forests are a renewable resource. And ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s North Woods are being sold to the state’s timber products industry, and deer and deer hunters will pay the price with lower populations and lower harvests for years to come.

Feb. 25—GRAND FORKS — The Minnesota Forestry Association, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, is looking for private woodlot owners in northwestern and western Minnesota ...

Minnesota DNR logs a failure in its handling of fish and wildlife land squabble Doing the right thing for its own sake, and also to follow the law, is a lesson the Minnesota DNR should learn in this ...