The Pacific Northwest Region of the USDA Forest Service is hiring permanent wildland firefighters for the 2025 fire year across national forests and grasslands in Washington and Oregon. KTVZ News was ...

We share our favorite things to do in Portland with kids on a family vacation including the best indoor and outdoor ...

The trail winds through Olallie State Park, a 2,700-acre natural treasure whose name comes from the Chinook word for “berry,” ...

In exchange for a moderate 2.6-mile round-trip hike with approximately 500 feet of elevation gain, you’re rewarded with two ...

Seattle Times reporter Lynda V. Mapes, in an effort to learn more about our forests, overcame her fear and climbed a 200-foot ...

There are many other old-growth forests across the continent. Each of these forests has a unique ecology, but all are under ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these ...

These plants, including trout lilies, trilliums, bloodroot and Dutchman’s breeches, among others, make the most of the short period when abundant sunlight reaches the forest floor before the deciduous ...

A typical La Niña winter brings dry conditions across the southern half of the country, with extra rain and snow up north (especially in the Pacific Northwest and Ohio Valley). El Niño years are ...

At the heart of the tale, though, are two powerful federal agencies with a deep rivalry: the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service ... parks in the Pacific Northwest.

Another baby has been born to the Northwest’s endangered orca population. A Center for Whale Research crew spotted the baby, still ruddy from the womb, from a boat near Victoria, British ...