Michelle Beutler cleared 67 trees off a U.S. Forest Service road in two days. It was the spring of 2023, after a record-breaking winter in the Stanislaus National Forest in California’s Sierra Nevada.
After a bumpy time for Oregon's Department of Forestry and the abrupt resignation of its leader, Kotek wants to pick the next state forester.
Michelle Morigeau, 47, told BI that she now feels more connected to nature and to the people around her.
As criticism mounts against the Trump administration for the U.S. Forest Service layoffs, local governments and nonprofits ...