The agency has a total of 10 regional offices, with the Portland office on 1220 SW 3rd Ave. representing region six.

The closures are part of a broader reorganization effort at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which houses the U.S. Forest ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden staunchly defended USDA’s reorganization plan at the Senate Agriculture Committee ...

The surprise reorg announcement last week was a flash point at a hearing Thursday, where senators expressed displeasure about ...

U.S. Representative Glenn Ivey (Md. District 4), who represents Greenbelt, made a surprise appearance halfway through the ...

Update: Yesterday the Bear Gulch fire spotted across the North Fork Skokomish River. The fire made active crown runs upslope ...

U.S. Forest Service offices in Portland charged with wildfire prevention, scientific research, forestland management and ...

The plan is not yet finalized and still subject to change, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden repeatedly stressed to members ...

Beginning August 4, the Sisters Ranger District Station will be temporarily closed for public and employee safety while ...

With the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announcing a major reorganization plan, lawmakers met to grill Deputy ...

Erickson pointed out that Fort Collins’ locality rate is 30.52 percent, resulting in almost no payroll savings. And although Salt Lake City’s locality rate is 17.06 percent, Utah’s public land is ...

“Ground bees are very seasonal and often confused for yellow jackets,” explained Evans, an award-winning research entomologist at USDA’s Bee Lab at Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.