Federal officials are pushing to open 2.5 million acres in western Oregon to logging.

The BLM lands at issue include habitat for the federally protected northern spotted owl and marbled murrelet, a seabird that ...

Federal officials are proposing to ramp up logging on 2.5 million acres of western Oregon forests as part of a Trump administration priority to expand domestic timber production. The Bureau of Land ...

The Trump administration rescinded a longstanding rule meant to safeguard intact forests across the West on June 23 in a move that could open 2 million acres of Oregon forests to logging and ...

(CN) — A judge on Thursday put the brakes on a plan to harvest commercial timber on more than 13,000 acres of federal land in Oregon, pending a detailed environmental analysis. U.S. District Judge ...

For the last 30 years, shrub and grass fires have burned far more acres and destroyed more property in the West than forest fires, and the same was true this season. Still, Republicans in the U.S.

A Trump administration memorandum issued April 3 declared a state of emergency in timber supply and national forest health across the United States and the West, directing the U.S. Forest Service to ...

Trump administration officials intend to remove protections and open to some development more than 58 million acres of national forests across 40 states, including 2 million acres of national forests ...

Oregon is one of the world’s great tree-growing areas. The state’s soils and climate provide ideal conditions to grow such commercially viable species as Douglas fir and ponderosa pine. Forests cover ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the USDA memo’s emergency designation covers nearly 60% of Forest Service land, rolling back forest protections, as reported by the ...

MEDFORD, Ore. (CN) — A southwest Oregon logging project involving the timber harvest of more than 8,000 acres will cause “irreversible harm” to the northern spotted owls and other unique ecological ...