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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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Rick Bowmer/APAround 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.
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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. -
A new report looking at bird population trends across the country shows a poor outlook for bird species in the Pacific Northwest. -
Northwest forests once attracted government scientists investigating tree-damaging insect infestations. In 1899, Dr. A.D. Hopkins studied a huge area of鈥�
