BLM Proposes Logging in Oregon's Old-Growth Forests

0:00It's April 6th. Vancouver News Today starts now, AI powered and ready. The Bureau of Land Management has long protected Oregon's Valley of the Giants as an outstanding natural area packed with massive old-growth trees, some hundreds of years old. Back in the 1970s, they set aside land there to block development, eventually covering over 1,600 acres for its ecological value. But this February, the agency flipped the script, putting those protections on the chopping block to ramp up timber harvests across old-growth stands in Oregon and Washington. This move ties into a bigger federal push under President Trump to boost logging nationwide, targeting spots like Mary's Peak, Crabtree Valley, and the Sandy River Corridor. Officials want to reconsider plans for nearly 2.5 million acres about the size of Yellowstone National Park, mostly BLM forests in Western. Oregon, the goal, more sustained timber yield from these rare ecosystems.

1:01Conservationists are fired up, especially brothers, will, and sympathies who run more than just parks. As new dads, they're all in, building an interactive threatened lands map that spots risky projects, timelines, and even scripts to contact leaders. They've ditched client work to crank out videos and reports, warning that fast-tracking logging could mean permanent loss before folks notice. Meanwhile, the BLM argues logging cuts wildfire risks and pumps revenue into rural counties hit hard by past timber declines. Timber groups cheer it as a return to responsible management, but critics slam the rushed process. No public meetings during the 30-day comment. Window. Just online input. Rural leaders say it's overdue for schools and jobs. With public pushback building, these revisions could reshape the Pacific Northwest's last old-growth havens. But awareness might just keep the. Chain saws at bay for now. Stay vigilant out there.