It's time for a weird fun fact even all too many locals don't realize: Kansas has some forest left. Once upon a time, what is ...

Can Washington state hold ... life in America’s last remaining old-growth forests in the NW “My interest is in making sure that we're managing our state-owned timber lands in ways that ensure ...

Last month, in my first act as commissioner of public lands, I paused the sale of certain structurally complex, mature ...

Many old-growth trees depend ... wildfire response in this state, turning Washington into a national leader in the process,” Upthegrove said. The revenue from the forest treatments helps support ...

These forests make up a very small part of our state forestlands but have an outsize impact on habitat, providing the benefits of old-growth stands ... in Western Washington as structurally ...

Can Washington ... of older forests that don’t yet qualify as “old-growth” but still are old enough to provide valuable habitat. The six-month pause is on 23 Washington State Department ...

The Northwest Forest Plan lays out how to manage millions of acres across Washington, Oregon and Northern California. But the ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte ...

Yet the Forest Service failed to disclose this critical data from the State in the Project environmental ... Service refused to provide any map of existing old growth at these scales.

“It’s a very direct attack on the public’s ability to engage in management of public lands, attacking our bedrock environmental laws, and our last remaining mature and old growth forests.