The Northwest Forest Plan, adopted in 1994, helped quell mounting tensions between timber companies and environmentalists. It ...

Tim Ingalsbee is executive director of the Oregon-based nonprofit Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology and said ...

In a win for conservation groups, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Forest Service from relying on a decades-old exemption to approve large logging projects without environmental review.

Firefighters work to stop the Flat Fire near The Dalles that started on Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office) Oregon’s statewide 2025 fire season officially wrapped ...

The Forest Service didn’t make a ‘reasoned decision’ in using a categorical exclusion to exempt timber harvests from ...

The Forest Service juggles a love-hate relationship with managing fire in the Beaver State, where a prescribed burn went astray in 2023. JOHN DAY, Oregon — Normally, late summer is peak wildfire ...

The Moon Complex fire burning in Curry County near the Rogue River grew significantly on Friday due to strong winds, the agency said in a statement. Those weather conditions “pushed the fire into new ...

Portland, Oregon, is working to battle the growing threat of urban wildfires in areas where dense trees meet urban landscapes ...

Portland, Ore (KATU) — Local communities that face high risk from wildfires are getting additional support from the USDA Forest Service. In an announcement made Sept. 23, Oregon and Washington will ...

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., sent a letter, signed by 11 other senators including Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to U.S. Forest Service Chief Thomas Schultz Jr. asking him to address what the senators deem a ...

Oregon’s statewide 2025 fire season officially wrapped Friday with significantly fewer acres burned at a lower cost to the state than in previous years. But fires this year got much closer to ...