Columbia Insight
EXCLUSIVE: The Forest Service is using the threat of wildfires to meet timber targets
The agency has sought to minimize environmental oversight and used authorities critics say incentivize the logging of older trees
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5mWashington gets closer to massive carbon-market deal
Historic pact with California, Quebec comes as “federal government is trying to dismantle climate policy”
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17mWOW moment: How the Warner Creek blockade reshaped the Forest Wars
Thirty years after the legendary protest, activists gather to keep public engagement alive
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4mNew plan would transfer 18,000 acres of USFS land to Grand Ronde
The Confederated Tribes lost federal recognition and land with the 1954 Western Oregon Termination Act
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7m‘This year is different’: The water reality Idaho can no longer ignore
The state doesn’t have enough water and natural flows along the Snake River are declining
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17mEXCLUSIVE: Governor’s response to WDFW investigation sows more discord
Hunters’ demands for spring bear kills led to dubious reprimand, tarnished reputations, say commissioners