A state board can only consider a single solution in expanding the size of non-fish-bearing stream buffers. The result will ...

At a press conference attended by environmental group leaders, Upthegrove said the Department of Natural Resources will ...

About 90 percent of federal lands are located in Western states. Dave Upthegrove, public lands commissioner of Washington state, discusses how changing federal priorities are affecting his job.

Washington timber companies are fighting a proposal that would prohibit logging in some places within 75 feet of streams ...

Emily Fitzgerald / Washington State Standard Washington loggers, school leaders and conservation activists on Wednesday decried the state lands commissioner’s proposal to set aside 77,000 acres of ...

A section of the Colville National Forest is shown in this file photo Steve Ringman The Seattle Times/TNS The Pacific Northwest is fortunate to have vast forests and ideal conditions for growing trees ...

COLVILLE, Wash. – The Trump administration is moving to rescind the federal Roadless Rule, potentially opening Washington state forests to increased logging and road construction after more than two ...

Washington’s rural counties and school districts are preparing to start the school year without millions of dollars from a program meant to offset reduced revenue from logging on federal lands. The ...