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National forests around the region have begun unveiling new strategies to close, shorten seasons or levy new fees at campgrounds, trailheads and other recreation sites that they can no longer afford to maintain.

Four years after the most expensive fire season in history, two years after an exhaustive federal report on high firefighting costs, the U.S. Forest Service still is burning through dollars like wildfire through chaparral.

A lucrative industry long steeped in corruption and used to fuel a brutal civil war, timber may now hold the key to rebuilding the devastated West African nation of Liberia.

Oxygen taken from tree rings could help settle the question of whether hurricanes are getting stronger and more frequent, US researchers said on Monday.

Surrey's beech trees could become extinct if global warming and climate change continue at the present rate. Experts say because of their shallow root system the trees cannot tap deep into the soil for moisture. This means if hotter, drier summers continue, they could die.

Sick of rising oil prices, more home and business owners in Maine are striving for energy independence by installing wood-fired boilers in their backyards. But some of their neighbors, as well as health and environmental experts, are finding it hard to be happy for them.