It didn’t get much notice, but President Donald Trump has turbocharged logging on public lands in ways that are likely to increase dangerous wildfire. Inside the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that became ...

Spectators look on from Island Avenue in Island City during the Ag-Timber Parade Friday, May 21, 2021. Six conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, June 14, 2022, seeking to prevent the ...

Too young to save? The issue isn’t that Department of Natural Resources must log old trees to keep up with demand for wood. Most of the agency’s holdings consist of younger forests, many of which are ...

In western Oregon, public forests that once fueled rural prosperity — and later came under strict habitat protections that sharply reduced logging and local revenues — are again at the center of a ...

Large ponderosa pines have been marked for removal as part of a fire preparedness project, but conservation group Oregon Wild says they should be spared. Jamie Dawson with the conservation group ...

At a recent gathering of Whatcom tree farmers to celebrate the WA Tree Farmer of the Year, Tom Westergreen described their work planting and logging trees as a “way of life” that needs to be protected ...