Latest Forests News

Opponents of a controversial Tokyo park redevelopment file a petition urging government to step in

Sep. 25, 2023 09:06 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — A growing movement opposing a highly controversial redevelopment of a historic Tokyo park submitted a fresh petition Monday, stepping up their campaign to get the national government to intervene and revise the plan to save more trees and avoid overdevelopment of the metropolitan...

Fighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest

Sep. 21, 2023 17:14 PM EDT

ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The leader of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed a battlefield promotion to the private who had called him “brother” — a man known as Courier. Courier knew the...

Fighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest

Sep. 21, 2023 10:29 AM EDT

ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The leader of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed a battlefield promotion to the private who had called him “brother” — a man known as Courier. Courier knew the...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

Sep. 20, 2023 07:26 AM EDT

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 17, 2023. Editorial: A state budget compromise is possible, if pragmatism can trump ideology At least part of the Pennsylvania state budget has remained in limbo for over 10 weeks now, pushing well past the June 30th deadline....

How they got him: Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante arrested after 2-week pursuit in Pennsylvania

Sep. 13, 2023 19:39 PM EDT

UNIONVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Thermal imaging equipment in the air, experienced search teams working through a stormy night, a search dog and the element of surprise all played critical roles in the capture of escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante on Wednesday morning after a 14-day manhunt across...

'Stop Cop City' activists arrested after chaining themselves to bulldozer near Atlanta

Sep. 07, 2023 16:08 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities arrested five activists, including two wearing clerical attire, who chained themselves to a bulldozer Thursday to halt construction of an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that opponents call “Cop City.” The protest occurred as a...

Grizzly bear blamed for fatal Montana mauling and Idaho attack is killed after breaking into a house

Sep. 06, 2023 19:44 PM EDT

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — A grizzly bear that fatally mauled a woman on a forest trail west of Yellowstone National Park in July and also attacked a person in Idaho three years ago was killed after it broke into a house near West Yellowstone over the weekend, Montana wildlife officials said...

Farms with natural landscape features provide sanctuary for some Costa Rica rainforest birds

Sep. 04, 2023 15:32 PM EDT

Small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica. For almost two decades, ornithologist James Zook has been collecting detailed...

Russians press Ukraine in the northeast to distract from more important battles in counteroffensive

Sep. 03, 2023 02:03 AM EDT

LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Concealed under pine branches in the forests of northeast Ukraine, the muzzle of a Soviet-era howitzer rises, aiming for a group of approaching Russian infantrymen many kilometers away. A Ukrainian soldier signals to fire, then swiftly runs for cover. The...

Founding father Gen. Anthony Wayne's legacy is getting a second look at Ohio's Wayne National Forest

Sep. 03, 2023 00:44 AM EDT

NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Some 40 Native American tribes have ancestral ties to Wayne National Forest, a quarter-million acres spread across portions of Appalachian southeastern Ohio. Their citizens have never stopped helping the U.S. Forest Service manage this expanse of forested hills, hollows,...