Washington counties take tax hit from timber policy rule
Officials in timber-dependent counties around Southwest Washington say the state Forest Practices Board’s new rule expanding no-logging zones around some streams amounts to an economic siege.
Officials in timber-dependent counties around Southwest Washington say the state Forest Practices Board’s new rule expanding no-logging zones around some streams amounts to an economic siege.
For members of Vancouver Audubon Society, most days are for the birds — more precisely, finding and identifying birds, educating others about birds and protecting birds.
Georgia-Pacific has launched a multiyear revitalization project at its downtown Camas mill to remove older, unused buildings and upgrade site infrastructure.
WASHOUGAL — The developers behind a $1.5 billion project to bury a 100-mile-long transmission line under the Columbia River made their case to state permitters Monday night in Washougal.
A long-awaited study of Clark County’s agricultural land found almost all of it is well suited for farming, although it’s fractured into small parcels that undermine commercial viability.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking to buy land in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties to improve fishing access, the department announced recently.
Icehouse Lake, located at the Washington end of the Bridge of the Gods at Cascade Locks, was empty. The fisher folks that usually line up along the Highway 14 shore were nowhere to be seen.
Allen Thomas, outdoor writer for The Columbian for four decades, died Thursday of leukemia. He was 73.
Talk to any agency that works with Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership and it’s clear the Portland-based nonprofit, founded 30 years ago, takes the partnership element of its name seriously.
Audreen Tsai has positive memories from her experiences, mostly hiking, at Lacamas Lake. But she’s discouraged that some of her classmates can’t say the same.