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A proposed lawsuit from Cascadia Wildlands, Center for Biological Diversity, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center and Western Environmental Law Center seeks to protect the marbled murrelet and coastal marten, which are both threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

A new forest management plan from the Bureau of Land Management in Medford will help speed up proposed projects. But local activists fear the plan could hurt forests and endangered species.

The policy is broad enough to include bans on specific symbols and signs, such as support for Black Lives Matter or LGBTQ pride.

U.S. officials on Friday released an overarching plan for removing or changing vegetation over a huge swath of the U.S. West to stop devastating wildfires on land used for cattle ranching, recreation and habitat for imperiled sage grouse.

The changes to the rural advisory councils in Oregon and other western states are part of a shift in public lands philosophy and policy by the Trump administration.

The plans will govern how some Oregon forests are managed for the coming decades.

The Bureau of Land Management plans will govern more than 2 million acres of forestland. Timber groups and environmentalists are expressing disappointment.

Counties have already disparaged the plan for not generating enough timber revenue.

Newly introduced legislation promises economic development in Wheeler County and increased habitat protections for the recreation destination.

A federal lands agency releases several versions of its latest plan for opening up logging on some of Oregon's public forestland.