OPB

Forest Service restarts effort to change decades-old Pacific Northwest forest policy

The U.S. Forest Service is going back to the drawing board with an update to the Northwest Forest Plan, a set of policies that broadly dictates where logging can occur on 25 million acres of forests ...
OPB

Northwest Forest Plan has left a lasting legacy, despite falling short

Courtesy of Julie Cox / Siuslaw National Forest UPDATE — March 7, 2025: On March 6, officials with the U.S. Forest Service told members of the Northwest Forest Plan federal advisory committee that the ...
Oregonian

Federal cuts hit Northwest national forests, bringing ‘bleak time’ to U.S. Forest Service

Paul Goodrich is just worried about his mules. The pack of mules, 16 in all, live with seven horses at a U.S. Forest Service property called Eightmile Ranch in the Methow Valley of northern Washington ...
The Columbian

Northwest Forest Plan less effective in the face of climate change, says Forest Service, proposing changes

Trekking on the Pacific Crest Trail in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a great way for hikers to find peace and solitude. The forest is one of 17 national forests included in the U.S. Forest ...