President Donald Trump has instructed federal agencies to increase logging on national forests nationwide, including in Washington state, counter to decades of environmental policy and protections. A ...

Washington State Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove signed a commissioner’s order Tuesday that will conserve 77,000 acres of state forests. The 77,000 protected acres include more than 10,000 acres of ...

A foggy morning at Calispell Meadows on the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service) More than half a million acres of trees spread across Washington ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The office of U.S. Senator Patty Murray announced $31.5 million in federal funding will be awarded to two critical forest conservation projects in Washington state, including $30 ...

Forests play an essential role in the lives of Pacific Northwesterners. We appreciate their aesthetic beauty, rely upon their ability to store carbon and value them as habitats for wildlife and other ...

The Seattle Times editorial board’s concerns about the proposed wood pellet manufacturing plants in Hoquiam and Longview are understandable (“Protect Washington forests from being turned into pellets ...

National forests with campgrounds open year-round in California. As winter settles in, camping opportunities become more limited in most parts of the United States. However, for much of the South—as ...

SEATTLE, Wash. - Washington was among several states who submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Forest Service on Friday, urging the agency to reconsider the Trump administration's plans to open 45 ...