The plan was enacted in 1994 and includes 24 million acres across federal land. It was intended to preserve mature and ...

The president set out to leave a legacy on nation's most carbon-rich forests. Experts say he dropped the ball.

In the Pacific Northwest, trees are considered old growth if they are more than 150 years old, LeGue says. “They have all this mass that is essentially carbon,” LeGue says. “It’s taken from gaseous ...

Crucial to the integrity of Pacific Northwest ecosystems, they’re expert recyclers of nutrients in soil and water, improving water quality in springs and rivers and enriching soils in old-growth ...

Management of nearly 800,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in Skagit and Whatcom counties could change, pending proposed amendments to the Northwest Forest Plan that are meant to incorporate ...

Large wildfires fueled by climate change have destroyed tens of millions of acres of forests in the Pacific Northwest in recent years. Jonathan Vigliotti explores a major effort underway to ...

The U.S. Forest Service on Friday released a long-awaited proposal to update the landmark Northwest Forest Plan, but many groups said they were unsure of its future with a new administration ...

The change could help foster conditions conducive to growing larger, old growth trees that ... regional forester for the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region, said in a statement.