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November 29, 1964 is known in the Catholic Church as “the day Mass changed.” It didn’t take a day – more like five years - but by 1969 the vernacular “New…

Noah talks to Mary Horstman, Forest Historian and Heritage Program Manager for the Bitterroot National Forest, about efforts to protect the Alta Ranger station -- which is the oldest in the nation -- from wildfires. Workers wrapped the one room cabin in a material designed to protect the structure from sparks and fire damage.

Host Alex Chadwick talks to Captain Chuck Dickson of the Kern County Fire Department about the wildfire that's burning thousands of acres of pine forest in the mountains of California. The area in and around the Sequoia National Forest is sparsely populated. The small towns of Pine Creek and Kennedy Meadows have been evacuated.

Hidden in the dense forest of central Africa lies a clearing where each day and night, dozens of elephants gather. African forest elephants are elusive, and such a clearing is rare. NPR's Alex Chadwick takes you there on the latest Radio Expedition, for Morning Edition.

Hidden in the dense forest of central Africa lies a clearing where each day and night, dozens of elephants gather. African forest elephants are elusive, and such a clearing is rare. NPR's Alex Chadwick takes you there on the latest Radio Expedition, for Morning Edition.

It was a year ago at the end of this month that Tropical Storm Irene hit New Hampshire and when it comes to the White Mountain National Forest there are…

Canada's Boreal Forest is the source of billions of birds that fly south and end up at American birdfeeders. Wide areas of one of the world's largest remaining forests are being carved up for logging and oil wells, and bird populations are being affected. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold takes an NPR/National Geographic Radio Expedition to the Boreal Forest.

Many forest ecologists say the U.S. Forest Service is hampered by an outdated approach to prescribed fires, a key tool for reducing the threat of megafires made worse by climate change.

Kerkorian founded MGM Resorts International and helped revitalize the Las Vegas Strip.

More than a hundred countries just promised to protect and restore forests. Similar pledges in the past have not succeeded, but forest advocates hope that this effort can learn from past mistakes.