Two Washington tribal leaders could soon snag seats on the state’s Board of Natural Resources, which guides logging sales and other management decisions for millions of acres of public land. Sen.

The Pacific northwest hills are carved with clearcuts, and forests are valued for the lumber they produce. But as Washington passes a grim milestone, with forests covering less than half the state for ...

Since statehood in 1889, Washington has managed millions of acres of so-called trust land granted by the federal government. The state is legally obligated to generate money from these lands for ...

Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests in the face of a projected $12 billion budget deficit without impacting local governments and school districts that get money from those timber ...

Logging operations. (Washington State Department of Natural Resources). Washington’s natural resources agency and a nonprofit group have finalized a $121 million purchase of about 20,000 acres of ...

Two Washington tribal leaders could soon snag seats on the state’s Board of Natural Resources, which guides logging sales and other management decisions for millions of acres of public land.

FILE - Logs piled at an Oregon mill in a 2014 file photo. Michael Clapp / OPB Nestled in the foothills of the North Cascades, where logging has long fueled the economy, the Mount Baker School District ...

Nestled in the foothills of the North Cascades, where logging has long fueled the economy, the Mount Baker School District is facing a budget deficit exceeding $1 million, which local officials say is ...