A lawsuit has been filed by the Washington Farm Forestry Association and the Washington Forest Protection Association against ...

Officials in timber-dependent counties around Southwest Washington say the state Forest Practices Board’s new rule expanding no-logging zones around some streams amounts to an economic siege.

Washington timberland owners are suing three state agencies to overturn a rule that will prohibit logging within 75 feet of ...

A foggy morning at Calispell Meadows on the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service) More than half a million acres of trees spread across Washington ...

President Donald Trump has instructed federal agencies to increase logging on national forests nationwide, including in Washington state, counter to decades of environmental policy and protections. A ...

Washington State Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove signed a commissioner’s order Tuesday that will conserve 77,000 acres of state forests. The 77,000 protected acres include more than 10,000 acres of ...

The Seattle Times editorial board’s concerns about the proposed wood pellet manufacturing plants in Hoquiam and Longview are understandable (“Protect Washington forests from being turned into pellets ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The office of U.S. Senator Patty Murray announced $31.5 million in federal funding will be awarded to two critical forest conservation projects in Washington state, including $30 ...

Forests play an essential role in the lives of Pacific Northwesterners. We appreciate their aesthetic beauty, rely upon their ability to store carbon and value them as habitats for wildlife and other ...

Grizzly bears could soon find a home in Washington forests decades after they were hunted out of the area. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), grizzly bears haven’t ...

The Bush administration issued comprehensive new rules yesterday for managing the national forests, jettisoning some environmental protections that date to Ronald Reagan's administration and putting ...