Nielsen Brothers plans to cut 54 acres of timber directly behind the community of 83 homes. Locals said they were never consulted. CONCRETE — A hillside rises 1,300 feet within less than a mile, right ...

PORTLAND -- The Oregon Board of Forestry is considering changing the rules for logging on private timberlands to make it easier for timber companies to cut on steep slopes where landslides may occur.

A long, wooden log slide, used to transport trees from the top of a mountain to the sawmill, once stretched 7.5 miles in the Adirondacks.

A coalition of five groups is asking a federal court to immediately halt clear-cutting on steep, landslide-prone slopes and prevent the state from permitting logging that could harm coho streams. The ...