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

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

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

Private landowners have recently supported large fuel mitigation projects and homeowners associations have pursued Firewise ...

“If you sell off these lands, you can’t unsell them.” Duncan McFetridge, cofounder of the Cleveland National Forest Foundation, says of the scheme, "It's just crazy.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove met with crews and provided an update Thursday.

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

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

The Butler Fire is now up to 17,591 acres with 6% containment. Fire behavior on the Butler Fire was more moderate today ...

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

More than 80 million Americans went camping last year, and more than half had a difficult time finding campsites or making reservations, says Molly Stoecklein, senior communications manager for the ...

Level 3 evacuation (Leave Now) area now expanded, includes airport. (See attached map.) Centerville Highway is closed between ...