A state plan to clear white pines in the Manuel F. Correllus Forest on Martha's Vineyard has caused debate. The state has ...

Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

Crews disproportionately made of young, Mexican men bale pine straw by hand. They're not always fairly compensated.

A single straw harvest removes between five and 60 pounds of nitrogen per acre and between 0.5 and five pounds of phosphorus ...

The first Landsat series satellite was launched by NASA in the summer of 1972 with the aim of tracking changes in the Earth's ...

Atlanta's pollen count has reached over 3,000 particles per cubic meter, causing widespread allergy symptoms like sniffles, coughs, and itchy eyes.

Mail carriers from the German postal service act as Cupid, delivering 50 to 60 letters to the knothole each month.

Across western North America, in millions of acres of pine forest, the story is the same. Drive through parts of Colorado, and you’ll encounter entire mountainsides painted with rust.

LIVE OAK – The hum of a tractor’s motor fills the forest as a worker heaves an armful of pine needles into a rusted red baler. He flips a metal lever over the tawny leaves and pushes down ...