/tags/northwest-forests Northwest Forests en-US Copyright Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:22:00 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-07/northwest-forest-plan-has-left-a-lasting-legacy-despite-falling-short The Northwest Forest Plan lays out how to manage millions of acres across Washington, Oregon and Northern California. But the scientists behind the plan say it hasn’t been very successful. It cost thousands of timber industry jobs and failed to protect vulnerable species. Now that the government is reconsidering it, the scientists reflect on what was considered the best option 31 years ago. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:22:00 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-07/northwest-forest-plan-has-left-a-lasting-legacy-despite-falling-short Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-30/environmentalists-push-for-stronger-old-growth-protections-in-northwest-forest-plan Around a hundred community members showed up to the U.S. Forest Service office in Medford on Wednesday night for a public meeting about proposed amendments to the Northwest Forest Plan. Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:49:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-30/environmentalists-push-for-stronger-old-growth-protections-in-northwest-forest-plan Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-12-20/more-protections-coming-for-old-growth-forests-under-federal-plans Changes to the U.S. Forest Service’s national and Northwest forest plans should protect more old-growth trees from wildfire and climate change. Wed, 20 Dec 2023 13:38:50 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-12-20/more-protections-coming-for-old-growth-forests-under-federal-plans Alex Baumhardt /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-10-12/state-of-the-birds-report-shows-decline-in-western-forest-birds A new report looking at bird population trends across the country shows a poor outlook for bird species in the Pacific Northwest. Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:00:39 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-10-12/state-of-the-birds-report-shows-decline-in-western-forest-birds Roman Battaglia /show/as-it-was/2016-09-26/agriculture-department-investigates-insects-in-northwest-forests Northwest forests once attracted government scientists investigating tree-damaging insect infestations. In 1899, Dr. A.D. Hopkins studied a huge area of… Mon, 26 Sep 2016 07:00:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2016-09-26/agriculture-department-investigates-insects-in-northwest-forests Maryann Mason