The Trump administration has prioritized increasing timber harvest in Oregon. Could it be part of a new era for timber in the ...

Environmental activists in Southern Oregon say the fight to protect forests has grown more difficult under the Trump administration.

The Lolo National Forest is proposing to “salvage” log a portion of the 28,000-acre Liberty Burn near Seeley Lake, Montana. The Forest Service (FS) approved the logging using a categorical exclusion ...

For decades, Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires. The problem? Science doesn’t support that. OSU fire researcher Chris Dunn examines a ...

Beth Nakamura / OPB For decades, the timber industry drove the economy in Oregon, a state where nearly half of the land is forest. Today, the industry has changed. Logging in federal forests, once a ...

Oregon Congressional Democrats are urging federal officials to slow down and expand public input on a sweeping proposal that ...

PORTLAND -- Bush administration plans to boost logging in Northwest national forests have collided with low timber prices blamed on the housing slump. The U.S. Forest Service is running short of money ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana officials want to cut down some trees on state land south of Bozeman, but a group of ...

Northern Wisconsin is filled with towering trees that loom over its history and culture. The area has been shaped by logging since the 1800s. That history is celebrated in Hayward, WI every year with ...

A plan to log across much of the 1,099-acre private forest near the outlet of the Russian River has raised concerns about ...

Oregon's forests remain open for logging and timber sales during the novel coronavirus pandemic because forest products have been deemed part of "critical infrastructure," according to state and ...