Forestry

The Oregon Board of Forestry appointed Nancy Hirsch as the acting state forester Thursday. Hirsch will replace Peter Daugherty, whose resignation is effective Monday.

Two beetle species are native to Oregon and often help keep its forests healthy by taking out weak or dying trees.

At a hearing Wednesday, Oregon lawmakers heard numerous allegations of mismanagement in the state's efforts to remove hazardous trees along roads and properties that burned in last year's wildfires. They also heard pleas from concerned residents to stop the excessive tree-cutting.

Many forest landowners are in the process of replanting forests that burned in last year’s wildfires. Tree seedlings are in high demand, but supply is limited.

Internal emails show a tax-funded agency created to educate people about forestry has acted as a public-relations agency and lobbying arm for Oregon's timber industry, in some cases skirting legal constraints that forbid it from doing so.

The U.S. Forest Service is adopting a new rule meant to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires on public lands like California’s deadly, destructive 2018 Camp Fire.

Pacific Northwest forests face increased threats from severe wildfires, insects, disease and climate change, according to a new assessment released Wednesday by the U.S. Forest Service. 

The spotted owl changed the fate of Northwest forests in the summer of 1990. Thirty years later, what hope, if any, do biologists hold for the fate of the spotted owl?

A second lawsuit has been filed against an Oregon ranch accused of causing millions of dollars in damages by negligently igniting a 2018 wildfire.

One thing that isn’t being canceled this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic is wildfire season, so training for wildland firefighters has changed to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19.