Washington Department of Natural Resources

The Department of Natural Resources owns thousands of acres that aren’t useful for timber harvests, but selling and repurposing the property can be complicated.

A Washington state agency is preparing to spend more than a half million dollars next year to help local communities preserve and plant trees in urban and…

Washington Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz today [Tuesday] unveiled a plan intended to save a million acres of forest land from development.She says the…

One family’s continuous wildfire preparation paid off this summer in north central Washington.Peter Polson’s feet crunch as he walks across a meadow on…

The wildfire season in the Inland Northwest is winding down. It was a season that began early and continued with intensity during the heat of July and…

Washington Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz has reopened all Department of Natural Resource lands east of the Cascade Mountains to the public.“I'm so…

As wildfires have burned throughout the Northwest this summer, some forest stands have fared better than others. Managers say that’s thanks, in part, to…

Department of Natural Resource lands will be closed to the public from Friday until further notice due to the growing danger of wildfires.Washington State…

Cooler temperatures and a bit more humidity are expected to help Northwest firefighters for the next day or two. But the winds from the west that are…

Crews are making good progress on the Andrus Fire west of Spokane. Fire officials peg the size of that fire at 232 acres, down from about 300, as they’ve…