President Joe Biden's order to protect the nation's oldest forests against climate change, wildfires and other problems devastating vast woodlands is raising a simple yet vexing question: When does a forest grow old?

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A Wisconsin lawmaker says he believes Gov. Scott Walker's plan to move the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' forestry division up north will help with rec

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Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that reforms Wisconsin's managed forest program.

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The state Assembly has passed a bill Thursday that would re-shape Wisconsin's managed forest program.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will spend $30 million this year on forest restoration projects in 12 states, including Wisconsin, to reduce the threat of wildfires, protect water quality and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species.

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Gov. Scott Walker is calling for more trees to be harvested from a national forest in far northern Wisconsin as part of the state's efforts to spur growth in its struggling timber industry.

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SPRING GREEN, Wis. (AP) — The state Natural Resources Board has approved a deal that will protect from development more than 10,000 acres of hardwood and pine forest adjacent to the Chippewa Flowage in northern Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Journal ...

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By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make ...

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Jeff Barnard AP Writer Takilma, OR — On a steep slope of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, a crew of young men with chain saws and hardhats worked their way through an old neglected clearcut, cutting brush and young trees ...

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