forest health

The Fix Our Forests Act passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday, and now heads to a full vote

A program in Southern Oregon gives high school students hands-on experience in ecological restoration. Despite federal funding challenges, the program has thrived this year.

The group, appointed under former President Joe Biden, has completed its core assignment, but still has some remaining goals.

U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades.

In Oregon’s Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk.

Republicans are backing a proposal to scale back environmental regulations to “thin” forests while Democrats and environmentalists want to fund community preparedness.

Three prominent Republicans are calling for legislative action on wildfire policy that targets scaling back forest conservation and logging restrictions.

Kotek had scrapped plans earlier this month to nominate two men to the Oregon Forestry Board.

An Oregon State University study has found climate change has led to an $11 billion decrease in the value of privately-owned West Coast forests over the last 20 years.

Research links cedar death to climate, details which trees are dying, which are surviving and shows how the species might be saved

Four private landowners say the work will improve forest health and safety, but the project has drawn concern from some local residents.

The federal government announced a $930 million investment last week that would go toward 11 at-risk areas located throughout the western U.S., in an effort to aid regions hard hit by wildfires. The at-risk areas include parts of California, Oregon, Arizona and eight other states.