forest management

Lawmakers are allocating over $6 billion this fiscal year to support the Department of the Interior and the United States Forest Service in wildfire response.It’s an increase of 14% from the last year’s funding, and will support wildfire suppression, operations and a new research hub to aid fire management. This fiscal year, the forest service will see an increase of $576 million in available funding for wildfire response.

Hundreds gathered outside the Board of Natural Resources meeting in Olympia this week to demand the board make further commitments to forest conservation.

Reporter Lauren Paterson tells us how now is the time to prepare for wildfire season. (Runtime 1:00)Jason Spadaro is the executive director of the…

In the 2nd of her 8-part series "The Fight For Legacy Forests", NWPB's Lauren Gallup looks at why and how the DNR manages state forests / Runtime -…

NWPB reporter Lauren Gallup introduces us to her 8-part series on preserving what some call "legacy" forests / Runtime - 2:26LISTEN:NWPB reporter Lauren…

The Keep Washington Evergreen initiative, proposed by public lands commissioner Hilary Franz in November, seeks to protect forests in the state over 20 years. In this final story, we look at the goal of reforestation.

Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz introduced the Keep Washington Evergreen initiative at the end of November, which aims to protect and reestablish the state’s forests. In part two of this three part report, we look at the goal of protecting forests from conversion.

Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz introduced the Keep Washington Evergreen initiative at the end of November, which aims to protect and reestablish the state’s forests. In part one, we look at restoring forest health.

At a Supreme Court hearing, conservation groups argued Washington forest managers should log fewer trees.

As wildfires have burned throughout the Northwest this summer, some forest stands have fared better than others. Managers say that’s thanks, in part, to thinning and prescribed burns, which have made the stands more resilient in the face of wildfire.