U.S. Forest Service

The Forest Service is using a new fast-track policy to log 5,000 acres burned by the Akawa Butte Fire in Central Oregon, sparking pushback over brief public review.

Northern spotted owls have been on the endangered list since the 1990s. Researchers say that’s due to habitat loss from logging and invasive Barred owls out-competing them for prey and space.

Labs in Seattle and Wenatchee that were previously identified for closure were spared in the latest plan. The regional headquarters in Portland will be closed.

A group of protesters gathered outside the Oregon State University forestry summit on Wednesday to protest the potential removal of the roadless rule.

A reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service and threats to federal funding could affect ongoing research in the Pacific Northwest.

The temporary court order includes nighttime restrictions, area closures and a pause on new event permits while the Forest Service conducts further environmental review.

The nesting-season closures are among the reasons why the birds have reached their target population number along the west coast.

The Northwest Forest Plan has long protected vulnerable species like spotted owls in federal forests along the West Coast.

The U.S. Forest Service plans to auction off trees in the Deschutes, Wallowa-Whitman and Umatilla national forests by the end of the month.

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.

The Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region Headquarters would be closed and the Pacific Northwest Research Station would be moved to Fort Collins, Colorado

The Republican-backed budget bill that passed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday authorizes dramatic increases to logging on federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. But Oregon counties won’t see most of those revenues if the bill clears the U.S. House unchanged.