Public Lands

We ask U.S. Representative Cliff Bentz about what the path forward looks like for protecting the vast expanse of Owyhee Canyonlands in his district.

Seven candidates are running to become Washington's next Commissioner of Public Lands. People who are familiar with the office say it's not shocking — even if some voters aren't totally sure what the commissioner's job is.

The operator of Mt. Bachelor will keep in place a new ski pass that allows people who pay more to bypass most chairlift lines despite a request from Sen. Ron Wyden to scrap the plan. Wyden argued the pass creates accessibility inequality to the resort, which is on public lands.

The Trump administration's change to the bedrock National Environmental Policy Act gives authority to bypass public review and notification steps. It could open up vast stretches of national forests to increased logging in Oregon, Washington and beyond.

The Oregon Court of Appeals says the 2014 public land sale violated state law. 

New research sheds light on what drives fire severity in the Pacific Northwest.

Early reports suggest the Oregon national monument is one of three nationally pegged for reduction

Hunting and fishing groups are standing shoulder to shoulder with environmentalists to fight back against what they see as threats to public lands.

The newly elected Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson gave his first political speech to a Republican group since taking office — and he targeted Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.

The landmark plan  was meant to end the Timber Wars in the Northwest. It signaled a historic shift in how public lands were managed – by maintaining biodiversity instead of keeping timber production high.