national forests

The Trump administration’s push to allow more road construction in national forests has alarmed preservationists in Arizona, who warn the change could lead to logging or more uranium mining near the Grand Canyon.

The national guidelines would establish recreational climbing as an appropriate use of Forest Service lands and would also allow more fixed anchors in wilderness areas.

The Trump administration plans to move the headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service to Salt Lake City as the U.S. Department of Agriculture begins a sweeping restructuring of the agency.

The Forest Service recently released a proposal to revise its forest management plans to protect old-growth trees. KNAU spoke about this unprecedented effort with Andrew Sanchez Meador, executive director of NAU's Ecological Restoration Institute.

The Biden administration moved to conserve groves of old-growth trees on national forests across the U.S. and limit logging as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease.

The Kaibab National Forest and Coconino National Forest closed to the public Wednesday morning because of extreme fire danger. But the closure presents a…