The proposal could increase annual timber harvests by at least 33 percent and potentially more than 200 percent ...
In the Pacific Northwest ... and hotter, the Forest Service argues it’s time for a change, incorporating modern climate ...
Since 2022, following FSC’s withdrawal from Russia, Segezha Group has ceased adhering to the moratorium on logging 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 ...
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,” said Steve Pedery, conservation director for the ...
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.
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 owl hunters
In the Pacific Northwest, hunters are seeking out the invasive barred owl in an effort to save the threatened northern spotted owl.