In response to the Forest Practices Board issuing the rule to expand buffers on non-fish perennial streams on Nov. 26, the ...

Washington timberland owners are suing three state agencies to overturn a rule that will prohibit logging within 75 feet of ...

Washington state's Long Beach Peninsula has it all, from sandy beaches and sheer cliffs to old-growth forests and hiking ...

Washington State Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove signed a commissioner’s order Tuesday that will conserve 77,000 acres of state forests. The 77,000 protected acres include more than 10,000 acres of ...

President Donald Trump has instructed federal agencies to increase logging on national forests nationwide, including in Washington state, counter to decades of environmental policy and protections. A ...

Hidden inside an unassuming complex in a small southwestern Pierce County city is the largest private tree-seed bank in the western United States.

SPOKANE, Wash. — The office of U.S. Senator Patty Murray announced $31.5 million in federal funding will be awarded to two critical forest conservation projects in Washington state, including $30 ...

The Seattle Times editorial board’s concerns about the proposed wood pellet manufacturing plants in Hoquiam and Longview are understandable (“Protect Washington forests from being turned into pellets ...

Forests play an essential role in the lives of Pacific Northwesterners. We appreciate their aesthetic beauty, rely upon their ability to store carbon and value them as habitats for wildlife and other ...

The Bush administration issued comprehensive new rules yesterday for managing the national forests, jettisoning some environmental protections that date to Ronald Reagan's administration and putting ...