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 ...

In this file photo from 2014, a staff member of the National Parks Conservation Association approaches the Highway 101 bridge during a rafting tour of the Elwha River. This area was underwater as part ...

When I quit logging and moved to Seattle in 1984 to go back to college, the spotted owl issue had heated up. The debate over preserving old growth set the environmentalists against the loggers, and I ...

On his first day in office, Dave Upthegrove, the state’s new public lands commissioner, said he would pause logging sales in some older state-managed forests for about six months. In doing so, he’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House Friday approved a bill to sharply increase logging in national forests — a measure the GOP said would create jobs in rural communities and help reduce ...

A section of the Colville National Forest is shown in this file photo Steve Ringman The Seattle Times/TNS The Pacific Northwest is fortunate to have vast forests and ideal conditions for growing trees ...

WASHINGTON — The state has paused the October Mountain State Forest logging and management project to determine whether the plan is climate friendly. The state Department of Conservation and ...

MOUNT WASHINGTON — The use of weed killers on state land in July was funded by a Pennsylvania-based wildlife conservation organization that also supports game-bird hunting. The state Department of ...