When the urge to breed strikes in the spring or summer, a murrelet flies 30 to 40 miles or more inland. The parents take ...

Tribal lands in the Pacific Northwest are earning national recognition for something the U.S. Forest Service has struggled to ...

Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 18 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. He can be reached ...

Firefighters need roads to access rugged, mountainous areas when they catch fire. Roads also create fuel breaks that help stop wildfires from spreading. U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz ...

Oregon’s forests are home to legends, eerie landmarks, and mysteries that stir the imagination. Wander deep into these ...

Oregon’s imperiled Northern Blue Mountains hold the West’s largest bunchgrass prairie and the state's largest protected ...

A federal rule that has safeguarded some of Oregon's last undeveloped forests since 2001 could soon be repealed.U.S.

The U.S. Forest Service is trying to fast track the rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule, which banned logging and new roadbuilding in 58 million acres of national forests. But it won't be easy.

Millions of acres across Oregon called “roadless areas” could soon lose protections. Trump Administration leaders say they ...

The Trump administration is proposing a rollback that could remove prohibitions on logging and roadbuilding for about 2 ...

You can vote once a day until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at this link or at the bottom of this story. We’ll reveal Oregon’s five best roadside attractions later that week at ...

The public comment period for rescinding the "roadless rule" ends this week. Federal forest land along the Oregon-California ...