the administration has cut an estimated 7,400 Forest Service workers nationwide — firing thousands and pressuring thousands more into early retirement or resignation. In the Pacific Northwest ...

Currently, there are numerous proposed policy initiatives that are focused on creating a new framework for forest health and old-growth protection in the Pacific Northwest. This includes a ...

Local morel hunters are looking forward to a bumper haul this spring. That’s because 2017 was another record year for forest fires in the Pacific Northwest, and the vast majority of the morel mushroom ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Pacific Northwest Region of the USDA Forest Service is hiring permanent wildland firefighters for the 2025 fire year across national forests and grasslands in ...

KEIZER, Ore. – Firefighters got a surprise Wednesday when someone brought in a cage of four live Pacific Northwest Forest scorpions to the Keizer Fire District. The arachnids are native to the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Pacific Northwest Region of the USDA Forest Service is actively seeking nominations for the regional Recreation Resource Advisory Committee. This committee will ...

From a Capitol Hill bathroom-turned-office to a presidential lunch buffet, we tell the behind-the-scenes story of the most sweeping conservation plan in U.S. history: the Northwest Forest Plan.