At first, the lands were used mainly for their resources, to build railroads and for settlement. Starting in the 1860s and ...

At least 850 personnel are fighting the Burdoin Fire and some national forest lands in the Columbia River Gorge are now ...

In central Oregon between Crater Lake and the Columbia River Gorge, Bend is a top outdoor destination. Travelers will find ...

Here's a breakdown of recreation closures in Oregon's Cascade Mountains — from the Columbia Gorge into southern Oregon and ...

The rule has affected 30% of national forest lands nationwide, or about 59 million acres (24 million hectares), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency over the Forest Service.

FILE - A section of Forest Service land that survived Oregon's 2021 Bootleg Fire, photographed on June 30, 2023. A Republican budget bill in Congress proposes selling off a share of Forest Service ...

Some like Rachel Martin, whose family bought a forest service cabin back in 2020 in the Mount Hood National Forest, said these lands are special, and she wants them to stay public.

Public land in Central Oregon includes the 1.6 million-acre Deschutes National Forest and the 846,000-acre Ochoco National Forest. The BLM manages around 1.65 million acres in its Prineville District.