February 09, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel Monday threw out a lawsuit from two Oregon lumber companies that accused the U.S. Forest Service of bungling its response to a 2020 wildfire in the Willamette National Forest, ruling that the agency can't be sued because it was acting within its discretion.
December 09, 2024
An Oregon federal judge has dismissed a suit by two lumber companies claiming that the U.S. Forest Service failed to properly fight a wildfire in the Willamette National Forest, holding that the agency's decisions are shielded under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
January 04, 2024
The U.S. Forest Service failed to properly fight a 200,000-acre wildfire in the Willamette National Forest that destroyed more than $30 million of two affiliated Oregon lumber companies' resources, according to a lawsuit they filed against the agency.