This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. On a damp night in November 2019, dozens of ...

LINN COUNTY, Ore. – The buzz of saw teeth and scent of crushed pine needles filled the air as Roy Blackburn walked up a muddy path tucked away in the Willamette National Forest, invisible from the ...

Editor's note: In honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Statesman Journal and its sister publication, The Register-Guard, are embarking on a yearlong ...

President Donald Trump signed two official actions over the weekend meant to boost domestic production of timber, paving the way for a significant increase in logging and associated activities on ...

The Republican-backed budget bill that passed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday authorizes dramatic increases to logging on federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. But ...

A task force has called for more prescribed burning, logging and other actions to deal with the wildfire fuel choking California forests and rangeland. The Governor’s Forest Management Task Force ...