Long-awaited update: Court cancels mining permits near Mount St. Helens

Forest Service, BLM violated law by authorizing drilling in Washington’s Green River Valley. Conservationists want a permanent solution

Test drilling OK’d for Oregon’s first proposed lithium mine

Federal push for domestic production of the precious metal could reopen a remote mining region

SDS Lumber announces sale to three buyers

The Washington company’s historic timber deal includes new part-owner The Conservation Fund … and questions

Renewables top coal as US energy source for first time

Three charts show how your state stacks up against Iowa (yep) and others in production and use of renewables

Majority of Idaho legislators support Idaho gold mine proposal

Comment period draws more than 9,000 submissions about the Stibnite Mine, which is opposed by the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho Rivers United and others

Boise Cascade may close plywood plant over wildfires and wastewater

Lack of logs and DEQ order has Boise Cascade Company considering closure of plant that employees 230 people in Northeast Oregon

Forest Service wants to eliminate protections on large trees

The decision announced last week would allow logging the largest trees in more than 9 million acres of national forests in Oregon

Friends of the Gorge, neighboring landowners seek injunction against Washougal Rock Pit

Soon after the Gorge Commission determined that the rock pit was operating illegally, private landowners living near the quarry noticed that the “illegal” mine was not only still operational…it was moving even more gravel than before...