La Grande Observer

Forest Service schedules public meetings across NE Oregon for Blue Mountains Forest Plan revision

Red Mountain, at left, the third-highest peak in the Elkhorn Mountains at 8,928 feet, seen from the slopes of Twin Mountain, the fourth-highest peak at 8,896 feet, on May 30, 2025. (Jayson ...
East Oregonian

Forest Service sets public meetings for Blue Mountains Forest Plan revision

Red Mountain, at left, the third-highest peak in the Elkhorn Mountains at 8,928 feet, seen from the slopes of Twin Mountain, the fourth-highest peak at 8,896 feet, on May 30, 2025. (Jayson ...
La Grande Observer

Study finds old growth trees in Blue Mountains dying at high rate

Sick and healthy ponderosa pines stand in the Malheur National Forest. A recent study found trees hundreds of years old in the Blue Mountains were dying at a high rate. (James Johnston/University of ...
OPB

Forest Service to kick off Eastern Oregon Blue Mountains revision with public meetings next year

Federal foresters have pushed back public meetings that will outline the future of national forests east of the Cascades. The U.S. Forest Service had planned to hold a series of meetings about the ...