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Wash. says it will save 77,000 acres from logging

At a press conference attended by environmental group leaders, Upthegrove said the Department of Natural Resources will conserve 77,000 acres of old forests on state lands. To man ...
Capital Press

Washington forestry leader sees allies in agriculture

Washington timber companies are fighting a proposal that would prohibit logging in some places within 75 feet of streams ...
OPB

Washington plan to conserve 77,000 acres of older forests draws fire

Emily Fitzgerald / Washington State Standard Washington loggers, school leaders and conservation activists on Wednesday decried the state lands commissioner’s proposal to set aside 77,000 acres of ...
Governing

State Lands Commissioner Confronts Federal Policy Shake-up in the West

About 90 percent of federal lands are located in Western states. Dave Upthegrove, public lands commissioner of Washington state, discusses how changing federal priorities are affecting his job.
The Washington Post

A logging protest in the treetops ends in terror, activists say

PORT ANGELES, Wash. — On the 40th night of the protest, a black Jeep drove up a logging road and stopped near the base of a towering grand fir. For more than a month, environmental activists had been ...