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  • Film: Lens of compassion

    Peter Richardson created an independent film called Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon, to illuminate a culture clash that was tearing his hometown apart

    by Fitz Cahall, Oct 02, 2006

  • Stirring the pot

    The North Coast Journal has been published in Arcata, Calif., for almost 18 years by Judy Hodgson, a journalist who believes in stirring the pot

    by M. John Fayhee, Oct 02, 2006

  • Peace Breaks Out In New Mexico's Forests

    In northern New Mexico, the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program brings Hispanic loggers and Anglo environmentalists together to work on creating healthy, sustainable forests and rural economies

    by Peter Friederici, Oct 30, 2006

  • For sale: The West

    As privately owned timberlands go up for sale around the West, some communities are trying to find ways to keep their forests from disappearing in a flood of development

    by Paul Larmer, Jan 23, 2006

  • Timberlands up for grabs

    As the West’s privately owned timberlands go up for sale, small towns like Glenwood, Wash., are working to buy local forests and manage them for the good of the community

    by Jane Braxton Little, Jan 23, 2006

  • Tax credits make eco-logging pay

    The U.S. Treasury Department has given $50 million in tax credits to Ecotrust to help depressed Northwestern timber towns carry out sustainable logging

    by Michael Milstein, May 30, 2005

  • Evolution of a timber family

    A Northwestern family finds itself in the midst of heated controversy over ecology and economics when it has to decide how to manage its timber farm

    by Lissa James, Feb 21, 2005

  • A timber town learns to care for the forest

    Lakeview, Ore., survived the drop in the timber economy by learning to take care of its forests

    by Greg Hanscom, Sep 27, 2004

  • A ‘nature girl’ remembers a dying lumber town

    An ardent conservationist remembers her childhood in a California timber town that cut itself out of existence

    by Louise Wagenknecht, Jun 09, 2003

  • Loggers got scant help as industry toppled

    A new study shows that logging communities received little of the economic help promised to them when the timber industry collapsed in the Northwest during the 1990s

    by Michael Milstein, Feb 17, 2003
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