Stumps are seen on a hillside in the Black Hills National Forest, on July 14, 2021, near Custer City, S.D. Government scientists say logging needs to be cut back by at least half in the forest, but timber company representatives say that conclusion is flawed and would hurt the region's economy. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
September 21, 2021
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September 26, 2021 midnight
Climate change, logging collide — and a forest shrinks
Looking down a hillside dotted with large stumps and nearly devoid of trees, a pair of retired U.S. Forest Service employees lamented logging policies they helped craft to deal with two harbingers of climate change -- pine beetles and wildfires.