New Washington Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove halted 23 timber sales, saying the Department of Natural Resources needs time to study the condition of state’s older forests. The order, Upthegrove’s ...

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

Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests in the face of a projected $12 billion budget deficit without ...

Decades-old protections for Washington's national forests could be loosened to increase logging in our state, due to new orders from the federal government. Seattle Times environment reporter Lynda ...

WASHINGTON — The state has paused the October Mountain State Forest logging and management project to determine whether the plan is climate friendly. The state Department of Conservation and ...

Washington's Commissioner of Public Lands is addressing a memo from the Department of Agriculture that raised concerns about the future of the state's national forests. Around 59% of all national ...

On his first day in office, Dave Upthegrove, the state’s new public lands commissioner, said he would pause logging sales in some older state-managed forests for about six months. In doing so, he’s ...

Too young to save? The issue isn’t that Department of Natural Resources must log old trees to keep up with demand for wood. Most of the agency’s holdings consist of younger forests, many of which are ...

State Police say a Washington County man died in a logging accident Tuesday. At about 4:30 p.m., troopers responded to the area of State Route 149 in Fort Ann. They found 76-year-old Leslie H.