Lang fears the draft forest management plan opens the door to future policies that encourage heavy logging. He and Cascadia ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An injured logger was successfully rescued from the Alsea Falls Recreation Area in Oregon Friday morning, authorities said. The accident was reported just after 11:30 a.m., ...

(CN) — A judge on Thursday put the brakes on a plan to harvest commercial timber on more than 13,000 acres of federal land in Oregon, pending a detailed environmental analysis. U.S. District Judge ...

The federal government is increasing the amount of logging revenue shared with some Oregon counties due to changes in the ...

A fire crew with a brush tender works on suppressing the Rail Ridge Fire, which has been burning south of Dayville since Sept. 2. Oregon's federal lawmakers are divided on the merits of a proposal to ...

According to recent federal data, workers in the logging industry are roughly 33 times more likely to die from a workplace injury compared to those in other civilian occupations. In Oregon, the ...

The Trump administration rescinded a longstanding rule meant to safeguard intact forests across the West on June 23 in a move that could open 2 million acres of Oregon forests to logging and ...

For the last 30 years, shrub and grass fires have burned far more acres and destroyed more property in the West than forest fires, and the same was true this season. Still, Republicans in the U.S.

A 34-year-old rule exempting some commercial logging projects on federal lands from environmental review is unlawful, a ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the USDA memo’s emergency designation covers nearly 60% of Forest Service land, rolling back forest protections, as reported by the ...

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 ...

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