A federal judge vacated approvals for three logging projects in Oregon and ruled the U.S. Forest Service could not use a ...

A 34-year-old rule exempting some commercial logging projects on federal lands from environmental review is unlawful, a federal judge recently ruled. Judge Michael McShane in the U.S. District Court ...

Hidden along the scenic routes of southern Oregon lies a place where time seems to stand still. Collier Memorial State Park and its Logging Museum offer a rare window into the rugged world of ...

The Forest Service didn’t make a ‘reasoned decision’ in using a categorical exclusion to exempt timber harvests from ...

(CN) — A judge on Thursday put the brakes on a plan to harvest commercial timber on more than 13,000 acres of federal land in Oregon, pending a detailed environmental analysis. U.S. District Judge ...

In a win for conservation groups, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Forest Service from relying on a decades-old exemption to ...

A recent federal court ruling tossing out a streamlined environmental review for three Oregon timber projects will point the way for conservation groups to challenge the Trump administration’s ...

Cascadia Wildlands, Oregon Wild and Umpqua Watersheds claim in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the agency violated multiple federal environmental laws through the authorization of the 42 Divide Forest ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the USDA memo’s emergency designation covers nearly 60% of Forest Service land, rolling back forest protections, as reported by the ...

A Trump administration memorandum issued April 3 declared a state of emergency in timber supply and national forest health across the United States and the West, directing the U.S. Forest Service to ...

Trump administration officials intend to remove protections and open to some development more than 58 million acres of national forests across 40 states, including 2 million acres of national forests ...

Oregon is one of the world’s great tree-growing areas. The state’s soils and climate provide ideal conditions to grow such commercially viable species as Douglas fir and ponderosa pine. Forests cover ...