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Curry County considers using state of emergency to take over federal forests management
Curry County is considering taking over management of federal forests within its borders by applying a novel legal strategy used by a county in Arizona.

Environment
PGE says it needs to log 5 acres of Portland’s mature forest. City staff are skeptical
Portland General Electric says it needs to remove about 400 trees in Northwest Portland's Forest Park to make way for transmission lines.

Northwest Forest Plan update continues, despite termination of national old growth proposal
National forests in the Pacific Northwest were set to be protected under two major updates to forestry plans— but that changed Tuesday. Now just one proposal remains on the table.

Science & Environment
Meet the Portland students growing a ‘tiny forest’ at school
A group of students is helping lead a "tiny forest" movement at their school outside west Portland — where they've squeezed about 600 plants and trees into a plot the size of a tennis court.

2 Portland men searching for Sasquatch found dead in Gifford-Pinchot National Forest
The bodies were located following an extensive three-day search over hazardous and rough terrain. The Gifford-Pinchot National Forest has seen freezing temperatures and heavy rain in the past few days.

Explaining Oregon’s problem paying for wildfire work
Oregon has hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid bills from this year's wildfire season. Here's what you need to know.

Get your permit to cut down your own Christmas tree in Oregon’s national forests
Permits are $5 each and there’s a maximum of five permits per person.

Science & Environment
Forest Service to kick off Eastern Oregon Blue Mountains revision with public meetings next year
The management plan revision could determine how national forests in northeastern Oregon could be used, from grazing and logging to wilderness protections and wildfire restoration.

Environmental groups sue to stop timber sale in Southern Oregon
A number of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against federal land managers for a timber sale in old-growth forest north of Grants Pass.

US Forest Service puts seasonal hiring on hold, affecting hundreds of temporary Northwest jobs
In a typical year, the agency hires more than a thousand summer workers for temporary roles in Oregon and Washington’s federal forests.