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Amanda Loman/APThe group, appointed under former President Joe Biden, has completed its core assignment, but still has some remaining goals. -
Julie Cox/Siuslaw National ForestThe Northwest Forest Plan lays out how to manage millions of acres across Washington, Oregon and Northern California. But the scientists behind the plan say it hasn鈥檛 been very successful. It cost thousands of timber industry jobs and failed to protect vulnerable species. Now that the government is reconsidering it, the scientists reflect on what was considered the best option 31 years ago.
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Around a hundred community members showed up to the U.S. Forest Service office in Medford on Wednesday night for a public meeting about proposed amendments to the Northwest Forest Plan. -
National forests in the Pacific Northwest were set to be protected under two major updates to forestry plans鈥� but that changed Tuesday. Now just one proposal remains on the table. -
U.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.
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Oregon is on the verge of major changes to the rules that govern how state, federal and privately owned forestlands are logged, and how vulnerable species are protected. -
Changes to the U.S. Forest Service鈥檚 national and Northwest forest plans should protect more old-growth trees from wildfire and climate change.
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The Northwest Forest Plan just turned 20 years old, but "Happy Birthday" might not be the appropriate comment. The plan was designed to preserve both old鈥� -
Northwest forest policy is once again heating up. Last week, federal officials presented their latest assessment of the Northwest Forest Plan, which鈥�
