Washington’s governor and attorney general are both criticizing a federal proposal to lift restrictions on construction, logging, and mining on millions of acres of federal forestland.

President Donald Trump has instructed federal agencies to increase logging on national forests nationwide, including in Washington state, counter to decades of environmental policy and protections. A ...

Nearly 1,400 acres of state-owned forests near Lake Whatcom will be newly protected from logging as part of an initiative announced Wednesday, April 6, by Washington’s Department of Natural Resources.

New Washington Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove halted 23 timber sales, saying the Department of Natural Resources needs time to study the condition of state’s older forests. The order, Upthegrove’s ...

A 6-year-old boy died in a logging accident in Washington as his older brother tried to save him, family members said. Chris Bell, 27, was out getting firewood with his younger brother Noah and their ...