The Board of Forestry has long had the power to hire and fire the state forester. Then lawmakers passed a bill transferring that authority to the governor.

A last-ditch effort on the final day of Oregon's 2025 Legislature to prevent job cuts and service reductions for the Oregon Department of Transportation failed.

Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency in Oregon on July 16 that will last through end of the year due to the imminent threat of wildfire.

Governor Tina Kotek on Wednesday morning declared a State of Emergency across Oregon due to the increasing threat of ...

Governor Tina Kotek has declared a State of Emergency in Oregon due to the imminent threat of wildfires, effective July 16, ...

Firms in forestry and logging grow and harvest timber on a long production cycle, generally of 10 years or more. Timber production requires natural forests or suitably large areas of land that are ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) has completed a final draft of the 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP), ...

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — Older trees in an Eastern Oregon forest are perishing “at an alarming rate,” according to ...