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You have until Monday to provide input on the Trump administration’s plan to dramatically increase logging in western Oregon forests. Last month, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced its plans ...

The Oregon Army National Guard used a Black Hawk helicopter to hoist an injured logger approximately 200 feet off the ground Monday after a tree fell on them in the Mount Hood National Forest, ...

In western Oregon, public forests that once fueled rural prosperity — and later came under strict habitat protections that sharply reduced logging and local revenues — are again at the center of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Shelton Police Officer John Giordano in 2022. State police arrested Giordano after he allegedly padded his timesheet over ...

Federal officials are proposing to ramp up logging on 2.5 million acres of western Oregon forests as part of a Trump administration priority to expand domestic timber production. The Bureau of Land ...

For the third consecutive legislative session, a group of Oregon county governments hope to pass a bill requiring more predictable timber harvests in state forests. Similarly to past proposals, House ...

Environmental crime has surged into a multibillion-dollar global industry, ranking just behind narcotics, weapons trafficking, and human smuggling in criminal profitability. According to the United ...

Reforms to Australia’s nature laws have passed federal parliament. A longstanding exemption that meant federal environment laws did not apply to native logging has finally been removed from the ...

The timber industry was a mainstay of western Montana's economy for decades. But that economic force entered a sharp decline that continues today. Divisions between the industry and critics were ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Federal officials have recently shut down a 10,000-acre logging operation following a federal judge's order on Monday, ...