Photo / RNZ, Alexa Cook Tairāwhiti is aiming to tackle its pine problems by taking up to 100,000 hectares of forestry and pastoral land out of production and planting it with permanent bush.

2 News asked. He responded, “next question.” He talked candidly about the forestry issue behind the podium, though. Stitt said resources were untapped and dormant in Southeastern Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Governor Kevin Stitt is continuing to criticize Oklahoma Forestry Services’ (OFS) response to last month’s deadly wildfire outbreak, having several top officials fired ...

Leaders from the Texas forest industry urged Angelina County commissioners Tuesday to table a proposed road use agreement they say unfairly targets timber haulers and could lead to legal challenges.

ALEXANDER COUNTY, N.C. — A doctor employed by the Wake Forest University School of Medicine faces multiple charges, including sexual exploitation of a minor, after he was arrested in Alexander ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Sources confirmed to News 4 on Monday numerous high-level employees at Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS) have been placed on paid leave—and in one case possibly fired ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday doubled down on his criticism of the state’s Forestry Service, accusing the agency of not using “every resource at their disposal to save lives and ...

A Trump administration memorandum issued April 3 declared a state of emergency in timber supply and national forest health across the United States and the West, directing the U.S. Forest Service ...

The former director of Oklahoma Forestry Services, Mark Goeller, resigned after wildfires burned thousands of acres, damaged or destroyed more than 500 structures and took four lives. Governor ...

In an April 3 memo titled “Increasing Timber Production and Designating an Emergency Situation on National Forest System Lands,” Rollins cites a goal to remove “heavy-handed federal policies ...

A Southwest Portland family filed a $4.7 million lawsuit Friday afternoon against the city of Portland’s Urban Forestry division and city forester Jenn Cairo, seeking damages after a large tree ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Governor Kevin Stitt expanded on his criticisms of the Oklahoma Forestry Services' response to the March 14 wildfires on April 7. Also on April 7, 2 News received a tip that more ...