The CEO of real estate investment trust Plum Creek Timber Co. received 2008 compensation valued at $4.3 million, a 21 percent increase from his 2007 pay package, according to Associated Press calculations of figures disclosed in a regulatory filing. But m

Authorities say more than a thousand tons of timber knocked off the deck of a Russian cargo ship are washing up on the English coast.

The financial rescue plan signed by President Bush on Friday extends a program that pays rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks.

The financial rescue plan signed by President Bush on Friday extends a program that pays rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks.

The House on Wednesday rejected a Senate-backed measure extending a multiyear program of payments to rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks.

The House on Thursday rejected a bill that would have continued for four years payments to rural counties hurt by federal cutbacks in logging.A majority of lawmakers voted for the bill, but under special House rules, the bill was defeated. Supporters...

President Bush threatened on Wednesday to veto a bill that would continue payments to rural counties hurt by federal cutbacks in logging by recovering lost oil royalties.Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., sponsored the bill, which would extend the Secure Rural..

The Senate on Thursday removed a section of the energy bill that would have extended payments to rural counties that once depended on federal timber money to help cover costs for schools and libraries.A House bill approved last week would set aside more..

Payments to rural counties that once depended on federal timber money to fund schools and libraries would continue for four more years under an energy bill that Congress is considering.A deal Wednesday would set aside more than $1.5 billion to compensate.