This coordinated effort fosters what DNR terms an “all lands, all hands” approach: Washington currently has the nation’s ...

In January 2025, wildfires driven by hurricane-force winds ripped through Los Angeles County. Over a frightening 48 hours, embers soared for miles, destroying thousands of homes and killing 29 people.

The on-again-off-again nature of Trump’s job cuts are only adding to the confusion. Some 3,400 probationary employees were ...

Access to facilities, including restrooms and trails, could be limited at national parks and U.S. Forest Service lands, ...

Amid efforts by the Trump administration to purge the federal workforce, a group of Democratic lawmakers in Washington state ...

Dozens of people across Washington state who worked at national parks and forests have lost their jobs in recent weeks, as ...

Heading into hiking and camping season, an already lean Forest Service staff will be stretched even thinner in the Cascades ...

Last month, in my first act as commissioner of public lands, I paused the sale of certain structurally complex, mature ...

DNR emphasized that this doesn’t mean the agency will harvest less or fail to meet the agency’s harvest targets. This is a ...

But current and former Forest Service employees warn that mass firings threaten public access to federal lands and increase ...

Dave Upthegrove expects to continue to work with U.S. Forest Service, after Trump’s latest executive orders aimed at boosting logging.

Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests in the face of a projected ... Washington’s new Public Lands commissioner. As one of his first acts on the job, Upthegrove did what he ...