Like most Montanans, I love the outdoors. I was fortunate to follow that passion into a rewarding 40-year career in public service with the U.S. Forest Service.

A log cut in Vermont today likely goes to Canada for processing and then back again for sale as lumber, state officials told the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order telling federal public land agencies to open more lands for timber harvest.

Bail has decades of experience with the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, and has previously been appointed to ...