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The U.S. Forest Service could close its Pacific Northwest headquarters in Portland, which oversees Oregon and Washington national forests, as part of restructuring plan. -
U.S. Forest ServiceA wildfire burning along the Rogue River in Curry County has slowed after rain arrived Monday.
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The public comment period for rescinding the "roadless rule" ends this week. Federal forest land along the Oregon-California border could be affected. -
Curry 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. -
The Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region headquarters would be closed and the Pacific Northwest Research Station would be moved to Fort Collins, Colorado. -
Changes at the federal level could reduce protections for millions of acres of public land. -
Rural counties are some of the most reliant on federal funding and federal workers. But some still welcome Trump’s upcoming cuts to forestry and other departments. -
The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week. -
Thousands of employees with the U.S. Forest Service were fired over the weekend, including some in Southern Oregon and Northern California. -
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. -
The Biden administration is dropping its plan to conserve old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry. -
On Wednesday, tribal leaders and state representatives urged President Biden to designate three new national monuments in California. One of those plans is located in the state’s northeast. -
The Biden administration has published its proposed plan for preserving old-growth trees in national forests across the country, opening another opportunity for public input on conserving ancient trees. -
A criminal charge has been dismissed against a U.S. Forest Service employee arrested in 2022 by a rural Oregon sheriff after a prescribed burn on federal land unexpectedly spread to private property and burned roughly 20 acres.
