Silvix in the News

Silvix regularly appears in news stories regarding federal forest law, policy, and collaboration.

Public Lands Outlook Under Trump to Face 'Copious Litigation'

Federal court affirms expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Litigation

The Future of NEPA: 2025 and Beyond

Supreme Court Denies Timber Industry Requests to Review Expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

9th Circ. Won't Rehear Ore. Monument Case

Federal Judge Upholds Expansion of Ecological Wonder Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Trump administration seeks to reduce critical habitat for the spotted owl by millions of acres

New Biden NEPA regs won’t stop legal war over Trump overhaul

BLM agrees to reverse Trump administration post-fire logging rule

Trump Opens Habitat of a Threatened Owl to Timber Harvesting

Appellate Court Upholds Expanded Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

The return of the spotted-owl wars?

Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections

Policy

Northwest Forest Plan advisers told their committee will be disbanded

Forest Service braces for up to 7,000 layoffs

How Trump’s Attack on Environmental Programs Is Already Affecting Local Conservation Work

Biden's California Monuments Fuel Antiquities Act Legal Fights

Northwest Forest Plan update continues, despite termination of national old growth proposal

Biden Had A Chance To Protect Ancient Trees — And Failed

Proposed Amendment to Northwest Forest Plan seeks public input for a limited time

Biden’s Northwest Forest Plan proposal eyes climate change

Environmentalists, loggers reach consensus on NW Forest Plan amendment

Where did the Northwest Forest Plan go wrong?

Northwest Forest Plan at 30

US Forest Service proposes protections for old-growth trees, without an outright logging ban

Update to Northwest Forest Plan expected soon

Forest Service embarks on process to amend Northwest Forest Plan

This is a big year for forests in Oregon. Here’s what you need to know

Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Imperils Waters on Public Lands

Reactions from PNW on nationwide directive to protect old-growth forests

NW old growth forests get more protections under new federal plan

A timber sale in Oregon tests Biden’s pledge to protect older trees

How the Inflation Reduction Act Helps Forests Help Us

Forest Service in ‘paradigm shift’ to use logging, controlled burns to prevent wildfires

Biden’s executive order in Seattle spotlights importance of old-growth forests in fight against climate change

An anxious American west sizes up historic climate bill: ‘We need every tool’

Collaborative Conservation

Mill Closures and Workforce Shortages in the West: Episode 3 - Conservation Implications

American Bar Association, February 7, 2025

Iron Triangle floats plan to buy Malheur Lumber, seeks government aid to save mill

Locals, lawmakers scramble to keep Malheur Lumber running

Malheur Lumber is closing permanently

‘Timber Wars’ episode 7: A way forward

What happens when loggers and environmentalists work together?

Timber Wars' Podcast To Look At Cultural Divide Over How To Manage Forests

New report, “Searching for a New Paradigm: Collective Settings,” by More in Common and SNF Agora, seeks to re-articulate a long-standing paradigm for making democracy work

They Overcame Mutual Loathing and Saved a Town