One Voice for Working Forests Blog

CNN this week covered the trend of tall, modern wood buildings being constructed in countries around the world. As so

Sunday, March 22 marks the one-year anniversary of the Oso, Wash., landslide that killed 43 people and had a severe

The relatively balmy winter in the Northwest may have made it comfortable to be outside, but it’s done no favors

Lawsuits are a difficult subject in forestry. Some environmental groups see lawsuits as a necessary method, while timber leaders grow

The Northwest Forest Plan is the troubled legacy that haunts both the timber industry and environmental groups. Neither side was

Can environmental groups and the forestry industry co-exist? It’s a question still relevant two decades after the timber wars fought

The forestry industry is well aware that it needs to get younger as many of its leading professionals age without

Wildfire prevention is a big topic in Olympia right now. We wrote recently about the state Department of Natural Resources’

Congress didn’t get much done in the waning days of its session last year, especially on timber issues, and nothing

The future of the forestry industry depends on cultivating the next generation of foresters, and on that note, we have

It’s not often that advocates get an hour in front of the Washington Legislature to celebrate the success of the

Momentum could be growing for more active management of Washington’s state-owned forests. After a record wildfire season last year, the

Two major land deals that will preserve working forests in Washington moved forward in the last few days, and Washington

There was some momentum for this post-election “lame duck” session of Congress on timber issues. Namely, Republicans will be taking

The aging of the nation’s small forest landowners is an industry truth that’s inescapable. We wrote last year about several

Nine months after the tragic Oso landslide, a state commission convened after the disaster is about to recommend a series

A new study from the U.S. Forest Service and the Nature Conservancy reveals that 3.5 million acres of forestland in

Seattle’s Plum Creek Timber Co. recently announced it was selling 48,000 acres of forestland along Interstate 90 in Washington, as

Biomass is a big part of the timber industry’s future, but what most people talk about when it comes to

There may not be a more energetic time for the timber industry around the country than National Forest Products Week.

The lack of federal forest management is hurting rural communities across the West, and Skamania County, Wash., is among the

Michael Green is a rock star of wood architecture. The Vancouver, B.C., architect is a pioneer in expanding the use

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the landmark Forests & Fish Law, an innovative set of environmental protections that

In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency said it was putting off a decision on potential greenhouse-gas restrictions on biomass for