The Northwest Forest Plan has long protected vulnerable species like spotted owls in federal forests along the West Coast.

President Trump is trying to reverse the Clinton era rule that puts 59 million acres of National Forest lands off limits to timber harvest and other development. America's timber industry may not see ...

Some environmental groups are warning that a federal bill intended to prevent major wildfires could effectively increase ...

Feds want to allow more logging in Pacific Northwest to help curtail wildfires - The proposed plan also calls for closer cooperation between the Forest Service and Native American tribes to tap into t ...

The Trump administration rescinded a longstanding rule meant to safeguard intact forests across the West on June 23 in a move that could open 2 million acres of Oregon forests to logging and ...

The Trump administration has reduced the federal workforce and cut funding for nonprofits, impacting services and conservation projects on Oregon's public lands. An executive order aims to increase ...

Oregon is one of the world’s great tree-growing areas. The state’s soils and climate provide ideal conditions to grow such commercially viable species as Douglas fir and ponderosa pine. Forests cover ...

The Republican-backed budget bill that passed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday authorizes dramatic increases to logging on federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. But ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — The Trump administration plans to rescind a nearly quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging on national forest lands, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Monday. The ...

Heartwood Biomass in Wallowa uses a highly mechanized system to turn forest biomass into valuable consumer products. The small-diameter log facility is receiving part ...

The Roadless Rule is a U.S. Forest Service regulation that protects inventoried roadless areas from certain timber activities and construction within the national forest system, according to the U.S.

Federal officials are preparing to overturn a long-contested Clinton-era regulation that limits logging and roadbuilding in large portions of the West, including Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the ...