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

Deeply worried about the future of public lands, former White River National Forest chief Scott Fitzwilliams argues those lands “make us strong as a nation.” Brent Bingham/Vail Valley Magazine ...

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

James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

In central Oregon between Crater Lake and the Columbia River Gorge, Bend is a top outdoor destination. Travelers will find hiking, biking, river rafting and a National Monument to explore. Bend is a ...

So far, Washington's fire season is shaping up exactly as expected. The entire state and Oregon has above-normal fire risk.

Improved weather conditions in Central Oregon over the weekend helped wildland firefighters increase containment lines around ...

Here’s why stargazers are flocking to the Oregon Outback The largest dark sky sanctuary in the world is 2.4 million acres of volcanic landscape, deserts, and mountains. Learn how to plan your trip.

“Threads of the Tongass” is a series of stories that explore how lives in Southeast Alaska are interwoven with the Tongass National Forest during a time of political, cultural and environmental change ...

Wildfire does not care who owns the land. That was what Hannah Ohlson, the Summit Fire & EMS wildlife division fuels ...

The president is calling for increased logging in national forests and raising trade protections against Canadian exports.

According to the Southeat Washington Interagency Incident Management Team (SWIIMT), the Burdoin Fire has expanded ...