Federal officials say lifting a 25-year-old ban on logging old-growth trees will help manage megafires. But conservation groups think it could damage habitat.
The Department of Natural Resources has responded to 468 wildfires — nearly double the average number of fires for the same time over the past 10 years.
Despite calls to remove the dams to save salmon and orcas, federal agencies say the risks to hydropower, navigation and electricity costs are too high.