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  • 'Green' seal of approval considered for national forests

    The Forest Service is considering "green" certification for timber produced on the national forests, but environmentalists fear it's a form of greenwashing that will wrongly legitimize public-land logging

    by Emma Brown, Dec 12, 2005
  • A Washington tribe and a timber company wrestle over a forest's future

    A Washington tribe and a timber company wrestle over a forest's future

    The Port Gamble S'Klallam are protecting their treaty rights to fish and shellfish in Port Gamble Bay, using laws to limit development, much to the frustration of timber company-turned-developer Pope Resources.

    by Joshua Zaffos, Dec 03, 2012
  • Activist brings diversity to green orgs

    Activist brings diversity to green orgs

    Marcelo Bonta's Center for Diversity & the Environment works to bring people of color into the environmental movement.

    by Terri Hansen, Dec 23, 2010

  • Loss and renewal in the Northwest

    Steven Radosevich writes simple, painful, personal essays about the changing landscape of the Pacific Northwest in his new book, Good Wood: Growth, Loss and Renewal.

    by Annie Dawid, Aug 21, 2006
  • Northwest Forest Plan timeline

    Northwest Forest Plan timeline

    A brief history of the Northwest Forest Plan

    by Nathan Rice, Apr 29, 2013

  • Of salvage logging and salvation

    If we truly want to "salvage" our forests – and the rest of our environment – we need to think beyond salvage logging, and acknowledge that the value of dead trees cannot be measured in board-feet alone

    by Pepper Trail, Dec 25, 2006

  • Salvage logging speeds up

    With the Forest Service’s Biscuit Fire salvage logging program acknowledged to be a failure, Oregon Reps. Greg Walden and Gordon Smith want to speed up future post-fire logging

    by Emma Brown, Oct 17, 2005
  • Seeking balance in Oregon's timber country

    Seeking balance in Oregon's timber country

    Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thrive in the Northwest? Subscribers only

    by Nathan Rice, May 06, 2013
  • Taking control of the machine

    Taking control of the machine

    Loggers and environmental activists are determined to restore Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, with or without the help of the Forest Service.

    by Ray Ring , Jul 14, 2009
  • Tilting the balance of power

    Tilting the balance of power

    Tribal efforts to hold on to heritage and right past wrongs continue in Port Gamble, Washington.

    by Sarah Gilman, Nov 25, 2012

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