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Washington forest groups sue over bigger riparian buffers

Washington timberland owners are suing three state agencies to overturn a rule that will prohibit logging within 75 feet of ...

Forestry groups sue WA over expanding buffer zones around non-fish-bearing streams

A lawsuit has been filed by the Washington Farm Forestry Association and the Washington Forest Protection Association against ...
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2 men found dead in Washington forest after going on search for Sasquatch, authorities say

Two men from Portland, Oregon, were found dead in a Washington forest after they embarked on a search for Sasquatch, according to authorities. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office in Stevenson, ...
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Judge rejects arguments against 24,000-acre Washington forest project

Logs from a forest thinning operation. A federal judge has upheld the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to approve a 24,000-acre logging and restoration project in Washington state. A federal judge has ...
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$30 million awarded to eastern Washington forest conservation project

SPOKANE, Wash. — The office of U.S. Senator Patty Murray announced $31.5 million in federal funding will be awarded to two critical forest conservation projects in Washington state, including $30 ...
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Rural Southwest Washington counties take multimillion-dollar tax hit from policy limiting loggable land by streams

Officials in timber-dependent counties around Southwest Washington say the state Forest Practices Board’s new rule expanding no-logging zones around some streams amounts to an economic siege.
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2 men found dead in Washington forest after going on search for Sasquatch, authorities say

Search and rescue personnel at Gifford Pinchot National Forest in eastern Skamania County, Washington, search for two men from Oregon that went out looking for Sasquatch. Two men from Portland, Oregon ...