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Rick Bowmer/APU.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that鈥檚 been in place for three decades. -
Leah Nash/special to ProPublicaIn Oregon鈥檚 Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk.
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Republicans are backing a proposal to scale back environmental regulations to 鈥渢hin鈥� forests while Democrats and environmentalists want to fund community preparedness. -
Three prominent Republicans are calling for legislative action on wildfire policy that targets scaling back forest conservation and logging restrictions. -
Kotek had scrapped plans earlier this month to nominate two men to the Oregon Forestry Board. -
An Oregon State University study has found climate change has led to an $11 billion decrease in the value of privately-owned West Coast forests over the last 20 years. -
Research links cedar death to climate, details which trees are dying, which are surviving and shows how the species might be saved -
Four private landowners say the work will improve forest health and safety, but the project has drawn concern from some local residents. -
The federal government announced a $930 million investment last week that would go toward 11 at-risk areas located throughout the western U.S., in an effort to aid regions hard hit by wildfires. The at-risk areas include parts of California, Oregon, Arizona and eight other states. -
More than 40% of Oregon adults say the state鈥檚 forests are overlogged, but most also believe that harvesting timber is part of maintaining healthy forests, according to a recent survey. -
A combination of federal and state funding this year helped to promote electric vehicles, renewable energy projects and environmental protections -
Wildfires and a Western megadrought led to a historic die-off of evergreen trees in the state 鈥� nearly twice as bad as the previous worst year. Some researchers have dubbed it "firmageddon." -
Scientists are studying old wildfires to find what forest treatments slowed the flames 鈥� and what treatments didn鈥檛 work so well. -
A new report looking at bird population trends across the country shows a poor outlook for bird species in the Pacific Northwest.
