the Pacific Northwest and areas of the Rocky Mountains. Larger expanses of old growth survive in Alaska, such as within the Tongass National Forest. There’s wide consensus on the importance of ...

The U.S. Forest Service is currently amending the Northwest Forest Plan, the regional ecosystem management plan for 24 ...

Related: Environmentalists push for stronger old-growth protections in Northwest Forest Plan Johnson said ... the court injunction on logging in the Pacific Northwest and put the emphasis on ...

is counter to decades of environmental policy in the Pacific Northwest, where federal forests have been largely off-limits to logging of old-growth trees since the Northwest Forest Plan ...

Crucial to the integrity of Pacific Northwest ecosystems, they’re expert recyclers of nutrients in soil and water, improving water quality in springs and rivers and enriching soils in old-growth ...

“For nearly three decades, the Northwest Forest Plan has protected Pacific Northwest wildlife, clean water and old-growth forests,” Steve Pedery, conservation director for Oregon ...

The change could help foster conditions conducive to growing larger, old growth trees that are ... regional forester for the ...

OPB today announced the upcoming launch of “Timber Wars,” a new podcast that takes a close look at the history, impact and consequences of the fight over Pacific Northwest forests that began a ...

According to the lawmakers, nearly 10% of the United States Forest Service workforce was ... Concerns from lawmakers in the Pacific Northwest come after the USDA and the USFS published their ...