WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although he believes "We made some pretty good progress earlier this year," Rep. Greg Walden said he remains focused on efforts to reduce catastrophic forest fires and the resulting unhealthy air quality.
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ROSEBURG, Ore. — Members of Communities for Healthy Forests said at a recent year-end meeting they are making progress in getting their message across to governmental agencies and the public r…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's the most beautiful Capitol Christmas Tree ever.
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Oregon State University led a tour of the new Oregon Forest Science Complex, which is under construction on campus in Corvallis, Ore.
Invasive species will take the spotlight next week during University of Idaho Extensions annual forest health program.
Climate change is expected to increase drought and wildfire vulnerability in forests across the West. But new research out of Oregon State University shows that some places will fare better th…
BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Creating fire buffers between housing and dry brush, burying spark-prone power lines and lighting more controlled burns to keep vegetation in check could give people a…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Boise Cascade L.L.C. (BCC) on Tuesday reported third-quarter earnings of $13.8 million.
GRANITE FALLS, Wash. (AP) — Charging documents say timber poachers were caught cutting 18 trees on Washington forest land off the Mountain Loop Highway.
SWEET HOME, Ore — The Capitol Tree is ready to make its way to D.C.
Opponents of a proposed transmission line in Tillamook County want to prevent a power utility from obtaining the power to condemn farm and forest land.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is planning to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture for permission to thin forests, clear out dead trees and do controlled burnings on protected …
LA GRANDE, Ore. — Just one month into his new position as regional forester for the Pacific Northwest Region, Glenn Casamassa is directing his attention to the widely contested Blue Mountain F…
SEATTLE (AP) Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) on Friday reported third-quarter net income of $255 million.
The 2018 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will be cut from the Willamette National Forest’s Sweet Home Ranger District on Friday, Nov. 2.
The volume of timber cut from Northwest national forests is increasing due to collaborative planning and growing state involvement in logging projects, according to an Oregon forest supervisor.
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — State and federal entomologists are tracking the spread of a tiny invasive insect that feeds on fir forests.
A federal judge has denied a request from several environmental groups for a preliminary injunction against a 500-acre logging project in Oregon’s Umpqua National Forest.
About 30 members of the crew stood in the morning still of the forest as Katie Sauerbrey laid out the plans for the day. Some carried shovels or pickaxes. Others leaned against trucks and peer…
SCIO, Ore. — Scio High School hosted the first-of-the-school year Future Natural Resource Leadership of Oregon Career Development Event on Oct. 11, drawing 193 students who competed in activit…
A two-year $55 million spending plan would dampen destructive wildfires by thinning forests and enlarging the Washington Department of Natural Resources firefighting force, Lands Commissioner …
The Oregon Department of Agriculture is investigating potentially widespread tree damage because of the chemical.
COLVILLE, Wash. — Russ Vaagen, whose family has a 66-year-long history in Washington state’s timber industry, sees a future in mass timber.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After a summer wildfire season that blanketed much of the West in smoke, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced a bill Wednesday that would reduce the severity of wildfire by thi…
PORTLAND — As a lifelong hunter and fisherman, Joe Furia said he has always taken a keen interest in natural resources management.
The U.S. Forest Service was scheduled to present a plan Monday in Sisters to log trees that the Oregon Department of Transportation accidentally killed along a scenic drive. The culprit is an …
Forests and farmland are identified as the major sources of mercury pollution in the Willamette basin’s waterways in a modeling study commissioned by Oregon’s environmental regulators.
A volunteer group of wildland firefighters in south-central Oregon is frustrated with the U.S. Forest Service after members were turned away from suppressing the Watson Creek fire, which would…
The Oregon Department of Forestry and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service are partnering to help private landowners in southwest Oregon slow the spread of an invasive tree-killing dise…
Four environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service to stop a major logging project on the east shoulder of the Mount Hood National Forest near the White River in north-central Oregon.
Wildland firefighters working in timberlands north of Boise fully controlled one fire, contained a bigger chunk of another and kept a larger fire in check as of midday Sept. 12.
At the end of the University of Idaho Extension short course, forestry educator Chris Schnepf hopes family forest owners be able to ask better questions about managing their land.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Timm Locke relishes a chance to drive around Portland and showcase the latest commercial buildings made with mass timber, a construction material that uses wood beams and pane…
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Four convection columns of smoke rose more than 20,000 feet into the air as high winds whipped across eerily empty walkways around Old Faithful Inn.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A piece of Oregon will light up Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., during the holidays when, for only the second time ever, the Capitol Christmas Tree will be from Oregon.
Environmentalists are appealing a federal judge’s ruling that a 2,000-acre thinning project in Northeast Oregon’s Wallowa-Whitman National Forest didn’t violate environmental law.
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Vicki Markley remembers the scene vividly. The owner of Pinehurst Cabins & RV Park stood on her doorstep two weeks ago as the Rattlesnake Creek Fire approached from across U.S. Highway 95 …
The fury and intensity of the 2018 wildfire season has sparked a renewed push for more active management of federal forests.
The U.S. Forest Service has named a new regional forester for the Pacific Northwest covering Oregon and Washington.
Federal officials have announced a new plan that’s meant to help lower the risks of mega-fires. Northwest lawmakers are helping roll out the strategy to reduce hazardous fuels and improve fore…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pledging to work more closely with state and local officials to prevent wildfires and fight those choking California and other western states.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management Vale District is accepting applications through Sept. 14 for Women in Wildland Fire Boot Camp trainees.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte and his Democratic challenger, Kathleen Williams, are bringing Gianforte’s proposal to release hundreds of thousands of acres from stud…
Logging trucks growl over the Blue Mountains in northeast Oregon, hauling freshly cut timber to one of Boise Cascade’s three manufacturing facilities scattered around the region, including a p…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Boise Cascade L.L.C. (BCC) on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $41.8 million.
“To let fires burn in July and August is ridiculous.” — Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus in the New York Times, Sept. 22, 1988
COLVILLE, Wash. — Forest users in northeast Washington met last week with interim chief U.S. Forest Service chief Vicki Christiansen to discuss their concerns. Chief among them was grazing on …
Five environmental groups are suing the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife after the agency declined to “uplist” the marbled murrelet from threatened to endangered under the state Endanger…
COLVILLE, Wash. — The interim chief of the U.S. Forest Service toured a Northeast Washington forest-thinning project this week, touting the collaboration efforts of the partners involved.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Conservation groups sued the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission on Thursday for failing to strengthen protections for the marbled murrelet, tiny seabirds t…
The Oregon Department of State Lands erred when it sold a portion of the Elliott State Forest to a private timber company four years ago, according to a ruling Aug. 1 by the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Small forestland owners want the Oregon Board of Forestry to endorse a proposal to allow new dwellings on forestland for relatives of aging operators.