BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that ...

It will bulldoze through old-growth forest and remove thousands of acres of mature pine trees. The plan is moving forward despite its incongruence with President Biden’s pledge to protect old-growth ...

The plan would allow commercial logging on more than 772,000 acres of public lands, including mature and old-growth trees — a 66% increase from the current forest plan. “A sizeable area of our beloved ...