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Oregon forestry officials now have a general idea of how they’ll find a new state forester — more than four months after Cal Mukumoto’s sudden resignation from the job.
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Environmental groups in Southern Oregon got a win in court this week in a lawsuit over old-growth forests.
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A timber sale near Roseburg and an accompanying protest have been pushed back to April 22, or Earth Day.
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The group, appointed under former President Joe Biden, has completed its core assignment, but still has some remaining goals.
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Republican-led policy directives could rewrite forest policies that affect public lands in Oregon and the rest of the West.
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The resignation of Oregon’s top forestry executive last week comes at a pivotal moment for environmental policies in the state.
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The Biden administration is dropping its plan to conserve old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.
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A federal judge denied a timber companies’ complaint that firefighters did not do everything possible to stop the spread of the Beachie Creek Fire.
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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.
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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.
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Local conservationists still hope to buy the 320-acre parcel to preserve it.
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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.
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The judge ruled that the Jewell School District failed to make the case that the Oregon Department of Forestry was violating a funding law by reducing logging.
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Republicans are backing a proposal to scale back environmental regulations to “thin” forests while Democrats and environmentalists want to fund community preparedness.