At a press conference attended by environmental group leaders, Upthegrove said the Department of Natural Resources will ...

Decades-old protections for Washington's national forests could be loosened to increase logging in our state, due to new orders from the federal government. Seattle Times environment reporter Lynda ...

Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests in the face of a projected $12 billion budget deficit without ...

Emily Fitzgerald / Washington State Standard Washington loggers, school leaders and conservation activists on Wednesday decried the state lands commissioner’s proposal to set aside 77,000 acres of ...

Washington farm groups are watching to see whether a state board takes more timberland out of production, possibly increasing pressure on farmers to do likewise to protect streams. The bigger buffers ...

A section of the Colville National Forest is shown in this file photo Steve Ringman The Seattle Times/TNS The Pacific Northwest is fortunate to have vast forests and ideal conditions for growing trees ...

COLVILLE, Wash. – The Trump administration is moving to rescind the federal Roadless Rule, potentially opening Washington state forests to increased logging and road construction after more than two ...

Washington’s rural counties and school districts are preparing to start the school year without millions of dollars from a program meant to offset reduced revenue from logging on federal lands. The ...

State Police say a Washington County man died in a logging accident Tuesday. At about 4:30 p.m., troopers responded to the area of State Route 149 in Fort Ann. They found 76-year-old Leslie H.