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In the second of two reports, NPR's David Molpus looks at a training program that the Marriott Corporation is calling "Pathways to Independence." This program is one of many Marriott is offering to its large low-wage workforce. Marriott is not only offering programs in career enrichment; it is also addressing many other problems facing low-wage workers. Marriott's efforts have drawn praise from the Clinton administration, but criticism from labor unions. While the program is educating and employing workers who might otherwise be unemployed, labor unions believe that Marriott, a non-union company, is taking advantage of its low-wage, unskilled work force.

The London musicians complement their surroundings with everything that makes their music work: disarmingly plainspoken charm, ragged beauty, and uniqueness that blooms naturally.

March is maple sugaring season in New Hampshire.The latest outing in our "Five Easy Hikes in Five Weeks" series celebrated this traditional rite of Spring…

Woodland forest fires are burning with such power and size, no one can remember anything like it. The problem with fires of this intensity is that the forests can't recover — they are completely destroyed.

One piece of public land, two very different perspectives about how to use it, and the agency that somehow has to appease them both.

The U.S. Forest Service cancels a Clinton administration policy that banned road building in nearly 60 million acres of national forests. The agency also sets out a new policy that will give governors a say in what happens in these areas. Critics say they will fight the change, which they say opens pristine wilderness to commercial interests.

The U.S. Forest Service has always had to balance economic and recreational needs. But lately, scientific research has become a bigger part of the agency's mission. In the first of two reports, Elizabeth Arnold profiles researchers looking for evidence of climate change in a forest canopy.

Germany's dense green spruce forests are being decimated by parasites and climate change. It's unclear if planting different kinds of trees would help stop the decline.

After a long week of news, this seems like a good moment to turn off the television, to log off social media, and go out for a long walk in the woods.In…

After years of study and comment, the U.S. Forest Service has a proposed plan to manage 70,000 acres of federal forest and private land primarily in Rutland County. That includes timber harvests in about 12,000 acres. The agency says it will improve forest health, but some advocates say it’s a bad idea in the face of climate change.