Clear-cut logging and related road-building in the 1950s and 1960s in southern Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains disrupted soil stability and led to unprecedented soil erosion made worse during heavy rainstorms.

By Michael Milstein, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Oct. 18--Most of the toxic mercury spewed into the air in Oregon does not come from smokestacks that face tightening pollution rules, but from smoky wildfires that are getting more frequent and more intense with global warming.

By DAN SORENSON Senate panelists quiz researcher on forest trims Climate change is related to the number and severity of forest fires in the West, and more funding is needed to study the interaction, a UA scientist told a Senate committee Monday.

Climate change is related to the number and severity of forest fires in the West, and more funding is needed to study the interaction, a UA scientist told a Senate committee Monday.

By Geoff Liesik Deseret Morning News NEOLA -- The wildfire that has burned north of here for more than a week is now 65 percent contained, according to fire officials.