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When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its preliminary habitat designation for the spotted owl plan, timber leaders were

A few weeks ago, the effort to extend congressional payments to timber-dependent counties in Oregon and Washington appeared promising. The

The U.S. Green Building Council has extended the deadline for public comment for its new draft LEED standards from March

This has been a good month for biomass in Washington. Peter Goldmark, the State Commissioner of Public Lands, jut released

The debate between the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) (which we last wrote about here)

After announcing the new spotted owl plan last summer (which we wrote about it here and here), the U.S. Fish

While the Bureau of Land Management pilot projects in Southern Oregon have shown promise for bridging the gap between environmental

Good news out of Southern Oregon: three pilot Bureau of Land Management forestry projects led by retired professors are showing

It’s been months now since local and federal leaders started trying to figure out a solution for timber-dependent counties in

Just days after announcing new management rules for federal forests, the U.S. Forest Service said it was undergoing an ambitious

The U.S. Forest Service just unveiled new management rules for federal forestland that its says will allow for faster approval

It’s been a good week for biomass in Washington. Biomass plants in Port Angeles and Longview received positive news, and

A series of pilot projects on federal timberland, led by retired professors from University of Washington and Oregon State University,

Last we checked on the Sustainable Forestry Initiative–Forest Stewardship Council (SFI-FSC) debate, the U.S. Department of Agriculture had just chosen

If there was ever a time for the timber industry to be closely watching Congress, it is now. Lawmakers are

The U.S. and Canada haven’t been exactly buddy-buddy in recent years when it comes the lumber market. Certainly the economic

The U.S. Supreme Court today signaled it may hear a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case that claims logging roads

As momentum builds across the West for an increased timber harvest to better manage forests, a new term has emerged:

Sometimes it just takes time for elected officials to come around, and in the Northwest, federal and state leaders are

If there was a theme at the Washington Forest Protection Association’s annual meeting in Olympia this week, it was that

It’s been heartening to see support recently from Northwest elected officials for revitalizing rural economies and rebuilding the timber industry

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber spoke to his state’s Board of Forestry this week and had some bold ideas that you

This week Oregon State University released a study that claims using woody biomass for electricity isn’t carbon neutral. But like

Larry Selzer is the CEO of The Conservation Fund, a Washington, D.C-based group that doesn’t give environmental groups a bad

The New York Times recently painted a bleak picture of the future of our world’s forests. Driven by population growth,