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Justin Higginbottom/JPRThe public comment period for rescinding the "roadless rule" ends this week. Federal forest land along the Oregon-California border could be affected. -
NoeHill/WikimediaCurry County commissioners floated the idea of leasing tens of thousands of acres of federal land for logging. The U.S. Forest Service said no. Commissioners now say that was all part of the plan.
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Curry County has proposed leasing 80,000 acres of national forest land for timber harvests and tree thinning. -
A budget crisis a century in the making is coming to a head as Oregon’s rural counties wait on Congress to approve funding they’ve long relied on.
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The latest lawsuit is part of nearly 20-year fight to protect the red tree vole that has lost 65% of its Oregon Coast old-growth habitat to logging and wildfire. -
People have until Monday to comment on a Trump administration proposal to drastically limit public input on logging in Oregon and California. -
The proposed budget bill would increase logging on federal lands, but most of that money won't go to Oregon counties that typically receive a portion of timber sales. -
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. -
Environmental groups in Southern Oregon got a win in court this week in a lawsuit over old-growth forests. -
A timber sale near Roseburg and an accompanying protest have been pushed back to April 22, or Earth Day. -
The group, appointed under former President Joe Biden, has completed its core assignment, but still has some remaining goals. -
Republican-led policy directives could rewrite forest policies that affect public lands in Oregon and the rest of the West. -
The resignation of Oregon’s top forestry executive last week comes at a pivotal moment for environmental policies in the state. -
The Biden administration is dropping its plan to conserve old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.
