One Voice for Working Forests Blog

Wildfire season in Washington is stretching out longer than ever this year, and that’s a big concern for state leaders.

Mixed news out of Oregon this week. A plan by Oregon Reps. Peter DeFazio, Greg Walden and Kurt Schrader to

Forest fire season continues to shine light on issues like federal and state forest management, thinning and forest health. In

This has been a promising week for the West Coast timber industry. First, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill

Brian Boyle, Washington’s Public Lands Commissioner from 1981-1993, has an op-ed in the Seattle Times this week that advocates for

and federal forest management policy. The issue is hitting especially close to home this year, with the Taylor Bridge Fire

Resources has been trying to make that happen. In January, Peter Goldmark, state commissioner of public lands, formed an advisory

Fueled by demand from China, the West Coast timber industry is on the rise, according to today’s Wall Street Journal.

For forest owners in Washington State, the state Department of Natural Resources is looking for owners interested in the Rivers

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June to take the Ninth Circuit logging roads case was great news, but it

The spotted owl has caused untold economic suffering over the last 20 years, as the Northwest timber harvest was cut

Timber counties in the West got some good news earlier this month when Northwest legislators announced they had secured a

Forest fire season is upon us in Washington State. Experts say the season will probably start off mild because of

Congress just approved a one-year extension of timber payments to rural counties, but you’ll have to excuse local residents for

For advocates of working forests, the big news out of the Supreme Court this week wasn’t its ruling on health

With the advent of wildfire season upon us, discussion is turning to the importance of forest thinning to protect rural

Will a new collaboration between government, the timber industry and environmentalists in Northeast Oregon succeed where others appear to have

There is a lot of anger right now in rural communities across the Northwest. Local governments are out of money,

Good news this week on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision on logging roads, but it’s likely just another

The impact of the proposed spotted owl habitat designation released in March by the federal government continues to ripple across

The “Wild Olympics” campaign to expand the borders of Olympic National Park in Washington has been waged for years. But

state’s pulp industry produced a total of 3.9 million bone dry tons of products ranging from bleached and unbleached paper,

The effort to extend congressional payments to timber-dependent counties in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Montana continues, but in many

The biomass industry continues to rise in Washington. Plants are being built or planned across the state, and just weeks

Just last fall, Larry Selzer, the CEO of the Conservation Fund, gave a speech that eloquently described how timber companies,