special reports

Oregon has protected land at Summer Lake Wildlife Area since 1944. Water is another story.

A remote corner of Eastern Oregon is emblematic of how state officials have long ignored water sustainability concerns.

Lobbyists claim the timber industry is "up against the ropes." Here's what they're not saying: Lumber prices are at record highs and profits are soaring.

Internal emails show a tax-funded agency created to educate people about forestry has acted as a public-relations agency and lobbying arm for Oregon's timber industry, in some cases skirting legal constraints that forbid it from doing so.