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Godofredo A. Vásquez, File/AP PhotoNearly half of California’s land is owned by the federal government, and for years a federal policy known as the roadless rule has protected millions of acres across the country. But those protections could soon come to an end. -
Juliet Grable/Northwest News NetworkA reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service and threats to federal funding could affect ongoing research in the Pacific Northwest.
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Two communities escaped destruction during the 2021 Caldor Fire due to significant, successful fuel reductions. Five years later, what lessons can be taken away from Christmas Valley and Meyers to protect forests elsewhere? -
A federal judge ruled against the groups in an ongoing lawsuit. -
A new conservation easement completes the Siskiyou Land Trust's largest project, protecting 40,000 acres of working forest, wildlife habitat and wildfire buffers. -
An environmental advocate in southern Oregon said a new policy excluding the public from federal timber auctions hurts accountability and transparency. -
The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week. -
Curry County has proposed leasing 80,000 acres of national forest land for timber harvests and tree thinning. -
Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule would open up 58 million acres of national forest land across the country to logging and development. -
The Board of Forestry has long had the power to hire and fire the state forester. Then lawmakers passed a bill transferring that authority to the governor. -
California Forest Improvement Program assists private landowners in financial partnership to support sustainability efforts. -
Curry County is considering taking over management of federal forests within its borders by applying a novel legal strategy used by a county in Arizona. -
Around a hundred community members showed up to the U.S. Forest Service office in Medford on Wednesday night for a public meeting about proposed amendments to the Northwest Forest Plan. -
A number of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against federal land managers for a timber sale in old-growth forest north of Grants Pass.
