In 2019, conservation activist and longtime Washington state resident Stephen Kropp did something he’d never done before: he explored a forest managed as state trust land by the Washington State ...

To the editor — State Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove was elected on a promise to permanently protect 77,000 acres of legacy forest. Yet his day-one action was only a temporary pause, not a true ...

Too young to save? The issue isn’t that Department of Natural Resources must log old trees to keep up with demand for wood. Most of the agency’s holdings consist of younger forests, many of which are ...

Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove was elected on a promise to permanently protect 77,000 acres of legacy forest. Yet his day-one action was only a temporary pause, not a true moratorium.

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $3 million for a Forest Legacy project in Washington County during its latest round of funding. Dubbed the "Zion Connectivity Project" ...

Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands runs the state Department of Natural Resources. The agency is responsible for managing nearly 6 million acres of public lands — everything from coastal waters ...

The Tennessee River and the surrounding mountains. A new U.S. Forest Service grant will pay for a new state forest in Tennessee. The U.S. government is investing $265 million in 17 states to save ...