He’s standing alongside one of the massive log decks that line both sides of the road near Detroit where the U.S. Forest Service has cut down “danger trees” that burned in the Lionshead Fire. The ...
This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. On a damp night in November 2019, dozens of ...
LINN COUNTY, Ore. – The buzz of saw teeth and scent of crushed pine needles filled the air as Roy Blackburn walked up a muddy path tucked away in the Willamette National Forest, invisible from the ...