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 ...
Feds want to allow more logging in Pacific Northwest to help curtail wildfires - The proposed plan also calls for closer cooperation between the Forest Service and Native American tribes to tap into t ...
“For nearly three decades, the Northwest Forest Plan has protected Pacific Northwest wildlife, clean water, and old-growth forests,” said Steve Pedery, conservation director for the ...
The tweaks hinge on the growing effects of climate change and aim to more closely conserve old-growth stands ... environmentally sensitive forests in the Pacific Northwest. The agency last week ...
The U.S. Forest Service on Friday released a long-awaited proposal to update the landmark Northwest Forest Plan, but many groups said they were unsure of its future with a new administration ...
The change could help foster conditions conducive to growing larger, old growth trees that are more resistant to fire ... since the Northwest Forest Plan was created,” Jacque Buchanan, regional ...
The change could help foster conditions conducive to growing larger, old growth trees that are ... regional forester for the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region, said in a statement.
In 2021 the Center and allies in the Pacific Northwest filed a lawsuit to reinstate federal protections on more than 3.4 million acres of federal old-growth forests, essential habitat for the northern ...