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The U.S. Forest Service had planned cutting trees on more than 400 miles of roads within the Willamette National Forest.

The Biden administration is proposing to undo a Trump rule that slashed millions of acres of critical habitat protections for the northern spotted owl.

Legislators cut taxes for the owners of Oregon’s private forests, which helped fund university forest scientists. Now taxpayers will pick up the tab.

The report’s conclusions run counter to the criticisms that too many healthy trees are being identified for removal along roadsides where last year’s wildfires burned.

Oregon is still removing hazardous trees along roads and properties that burned in last year’s wildfires, but the operation faces allegations of mismanagement and excessive tree-cutting. In response, lawmakers, expert foresters and critics are taking a closer look at the burned trees marked for removal.

The move comes in response to criticism that the state's hazard tree program is being mismanaged.

Senate Bill 335 aims to reduce conflict of interests among Oregon’s State Board of Forestry members and the timber industry.

Oregon lawmakers are considering two bills that aim to prevent the kind of catastrophic wildfires that tore through the state last year.

Special rules for logging after wildfire allow more trees to be cut faster with fewer restrictions.

Lobbyists claim the timber industry is "up against the ropes." Here's what they're not saying: Lumber prices are at record highs and profits are soaring.

The decision to slash protections beyond an agency's recommended levels was pushed by the Trump administration in its final days.

For decades, corporate timber benefited from tax cuts that devastated local government budgets. Lawmakers want change and have filed dozens of bills, making this one of Oregon’s most consequential sessions for forest policy.