Land Management

The Portland Water Bureau will pause construction on its 2 billion dollar Bull Run water filtration system east of Gresham, following a dispute between Oregon land use officials and Multnomah County.

President Donald Trump has nominated a longtime oil and gas industry representative to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land concentrated in western states.

Officials say they are prepared for potentially volatile federal policies and funding under the Trump administration.

More than a million acres of wildlands in Eastern Oregon could be preserved through federal legislation or a monument declaration from the president. This could be the last chance for the Owyhee Canyonlands to see additional protections for years.

The decision makes Oregon the second state after Michigan to dedicate an entire state forest to storing harmful emissions while selling carbon credits for revenue.

Industry leaders and elected officials made their case for expanding Hillsboro’s urban growth boundary to bolster Oregon's semiconductor industry at a hearing yesterday. But some residents and farmers say the proposal is unjustified.

The wild sagebrush deserts of southeastern Oregon are a step closer toward additional environmental protections.

President Biden dramatically expanded two national monuments in California. But there are growing concerns that federal land managers are struggling to manage existing monuments designated since 2016.

Oregon forestry officials are moving ahead with a controversial plan that will reduce logging on state lands west of the Cascades.

The announcement marks a major roadblock for the 82,000-acre forest that’s been immersed in controversy for more than a decade.