Like bankruptcy, the death of the Northwest Forest Plan has proceeded slowly and might end quickly.
Read MoreThe Demise of Northwest Forest Plan
Northwest Forest Plan
The Continuing Reduction in the Number of Sawmills in the Pacific Northwest
The reduction of surplus production capacity continues to result in lumber mill shutdowns, though the contributing factors cited have changed as times have changed.
Read MoreThe Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century
The prospective defeminization/emasculation of the Northwest Forest Plan by the Forest Service is likely inevitable. All the more reason for the Biden administration to promulgate an enduring administrative rule that conserves and restores mature and old-growth forests.
Read MoreThe Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process
The world’s largest ecosystem management plan is under existential threat.
Read MorePreremembering Jerry Franklin and Norm Johnson, Oregon Conservationist
The old forests of the Pacific Northwest are in far better condition today than they would be if not for Professors Jerry F. (for Forest!) Franklin and K. Norman Johnson.
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