Logging

Oregon's congressional delegation is hoping to secure a two-year extension of timber payments to rural counties. The Secure Rural Schools provision is…

Idaho is among five U.S. states losing the largest amount of federal timber payments aimed at rural counties and school districts.Congress let the Secure…

The Basin School District in Idaho City has something most districts in the state don’t, preschool.On Wednesdays, 12 preschoolers leave their small…

Congress let the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act expire in the fall of 2014, leaving Idaho counties and school districts with…

The U.S. Forest Service's new supervisor for the 4-million-acre Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest in northern Idaho says the agency might offer more…

More than 75 scientists are appealing to President Barack Obama to create a policy for preserving old-growth forest.The U.S. and Canadian scientists sent…

Washington state Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark repeated Monday that "It's still too early to tell" if there is a connection between logging and this...

Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden says his latest proposal to increase logging on Oregon forest land will also respect environmental concerns.

Loggers are packing up and leaving timber sales uncut across the Northwest. Its another effect of the partial government shutdown. Timber companies say

The U.S. Forest Service is shutting down timber sales on national forests across the country due to the partial shutdown of the federal government.Oregon…