Department of Natural Resources

Firefighters should rethink how they battle wildfires. That's according to environmental journalist Richard Manning who just wrote a piece in Harper's…

Cooke Aquaculture and state officials knew at least six months ago that the floating salmon farm that collapsed in August was "nearing the end of…

State officials adopted a more cautious approach to logging near landslide-prone slopes on Wednesday.The adoption of new, voluntary guidelines came in…

Steve Scher talks to Peter Goldmark, commissioner of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, about logging regulations in landslide-prone…

Washington state officials have postponed selling 250 acres of timber on steep slopes near the town of Oso.The Washington Department of Natural Resources…

State officials say they didn't approve clear-cutting inside a no-logging zone directly above Saturday's deadly landslide that struck the town of Oso. But…