Timber

Ed Whitelaw, who taught economics at the University of Oregon for more than 50 years and founded the prestigious consulting firm EcoNorthwest, has died at age 80.

A timber industry trade group and others are challenging the Biden administration’s decision to halt and reconsider the removal of millions of acres of federal protections for the northern spotted owl.

Lobbyists claim the timber industry is "up against the ropes." Here's what they're not saying: Lumber prices are at record highs and profits are soaring.

For decades, corporate timber benefited from tax cuts that devastated local budgets. Lawmakers want change and have filed dozens of bills, making this one of Oregon’s most consequential sessions for forest policy.

The fight over wildfire and forest management is the newest front in the Timber Wars, so after a year of record fires, we take a deep dive into OPB's reporting on wildfire and what we should do about it.

Actions by the Trump administration in the last days of his presidency loosened protections on old growth forests on some 12 million acres in the Northwest.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the northern spotted owl deserves an upgrade to endangered status. The agency passed on its chance to do so and is now cutting its protected habitat by millions of acres.

For decades, Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires. The problem? Science doesn’t support that.

The seven-part narrative podcast takes a close look at the history, impact and consequences of the fight over Pacific Northwest forests that began in the 1990s and continues today.

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.