Washington

A Sea Change In How Federal Judges View Collaborative Forest Restoration Projects
A sea change in how federal judges view collaborative forest restoration projects is underway. It is plainly visible in rulings

Wesley Moss Rickard: Forestry Giant Gone
Another forestry giant is gone. Wesley Moss Rickard, who is widely believed to be the intellectual force behind modern-day industrial

MITCH FRIEDMAN: RESTORING RESILIENCY
Mitch Friedman is the Founder and Executive Director of Conservation Northwest, a Seattle-based conservation group that grew out of a

PAUL HESSBURG: WASHINGTON'S FORESTS - EAST OF THE CASCADES...FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE
"Over the last 100 years, we have seen a literal epidemic of young trees filling in our forests. When

Ryan Haugo: Washington's National Forests - East of the Cascades...Good Fire, Bad Fire
“About three years ago, I wrote an essay in which I asked whether wildfire can be both good and bad

Lloyd McGee: Washington's National Forests - East of the Cascades...A Pathway Forward
“Really worthwhile social change is seldom easily accomplished. It takes a long time to build trust on common ground. Our

JIM DORAN REVISITED: WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL FORESTS - EAST OF THE CASCADES...BRING A SOLUTION
There is something unethical about allowing a person or a group that refused to participate in the collaborative planning of

Peter Goldmark: Washington's Forests East of the Cascades...Not A Pretty Picture
“Measuring annual growth against annual mortality, some east-of-the-Cascades national forests in Washington may already be in a deficit, meaning they

DYLAN KRUSE: A COHESIVE VISION
“We are witnessing an “all hands on deck” mindset and an urgency that has not been seen in the Pacific

TIM COLEMAN: MAINTAINING STAKEHOLDER INVESTMENT
"Conservationists who have joined collaboratives – and that includes me – fear that talk of arbitration could easily morph into talk

Gloria Flora: Using Nature's Templates
You worked for the Forest Service for 23 years and were met with much controversy surrounding your 1997 decision to

Rodney Smoldon: The Challenge Of Wildfires In Eastern WA
Evergreen: Let’s talk about the A to Z project for a moment. The litigators who refuse to collaborate were