Courtesy of Julie Cox / Siuslaw National Forest UPDATE — March 7 ... clearcutting huge swaths of ancient trees in the Pacific Northwest was routine. That was great for loggers, but it wasn ...

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

His directive, issued in an executive order March 1, is counter to decades of environmental policy in the Pacific Northwest, where federal forests have been largely off-limits to logging of old ...

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 ...

The gastropod has one lung, one foot, and no spine. The slug is native to the dense, moist forest floors of the Pacific Northwest, ranging from Central California to Alaska. One subspecies ...

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 ...