Nonetheless, the tree's reddish bark, swooping branches and thick, conical base identify it as the Pacific Northwest's iconic western red cedar. Christine Buhl, a forest health specialist for the ...

In the days after a record-breaking heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest in 2021 ... particularly in coastal forests. Swaths of the landscape were so scorched it looked like a wildfire had ...

For months, national forests in the Pacific Northwest were set to be protected under two major updates to forestry plans — but that changed Tuesday. That’s when the Biden administration ...

Courtesy of Julie Cox / Siuslaw National Forest UPDATE — March 7 ... clearcutting huge swaths of ancient trees in the Pacific Northwest was routine. That was great for loggers, but it wasn ...

His directive, issued in an executive order March 1, is counter to decades of environmental policy in the Pacific Northwest, where federal forests have been largely off-limits to logging of old ...

“Much has changed in society and science since the Northwest Forest Plan was created nearly 30 years ago,” said Jacque Buchanan, regional forester for the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Pacific Northwest Region of the USDA Forest Service is actively seeking nominations for the regional Recreation Resource Advisory Committee. This committee will ...

You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] A new study has found that the wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest ... highly productive forests of the Northwest don't get ...