When Gwen Trice dug into her family history, she learned that her father had come to Oregon from Arkansas in a boxcar to live and work in the logging town of Maxville. Maxville was once one of the ...

Federal judge rules BLM ignored “significant evidence” of protected old growth forests within its logging plans.

Editor's note: In honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Statesman Journal and its sister publication, The Register-Guard, are embarking on a yearlong ...

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Gordon Leonard Smith, a logger-turned-businessman and museum owner whose Camp 18 Restaurant in Elsie is a landmark for many Oregonians headed to the coast, has died, according to family. He was 91.

Oregon’s congressional Democrats are asking federal officials to give the public more time to learn about and comment on new plans that would open up millions of acres of federal forests in Oregon to ...

EUGENE, Ore.— The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court ruling that prevents Scott Timber from clearcutting old growth trees within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The decision will ...

The Trump administration rescinded the "roadless rule," opening up nearly 2 million acres of Oregon forests to logging and roadbuilding. The rule, established in 2001, protected 59 million acres of ...

The Trump administration rescinded a longstanding rule meant to safeguard intact forests across the West on June 23 in a move that could open 2 million acres of Oregon forests to logging and ...