A fuel break project near Mount Hood could remove old-growth, critics say
Lack of hi-res data is at the core of a challenge to a logging project conservationists say could cause unnecessary damage
Feb
13, 2025
Feb
6, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: The Forest Service is using the threat of wildfires to meet timber targets
The agency has sought to minimize environmental oversight and used authorities critics say incentivize the logging of older trees
Nov
27, 2024
Human activity is making it difficult to retain adequate water supplies
A new study also says climate change is making it harder to escape drought even as winters bring lots of precipitation
Nov
7, 2024
What is ‘blue carbon’ and why is it so valuable?
The Pacific Northwest’s once-prevalent tidal forests are mostly gone. But what remains stores an important secret
Oct
10, 2024
‘Legacy’ forests. ‘Restoration’ logging. The new jargon of conservation is awash in ambiguity. And politics
Among enviros, government agencies and logging interests, a war of words is raging over the future of our forests
Aug
1, 2024
Pac NW lichens are going missing. Scientists want to know why
As the state of Washington updates its list of rare lichens, experts suspect a variety of factors are to blame for missing species
