I skimmed through this pretty fast, but I think it is one of the first news articles without a quote from an enviro predicting the end of the forest.
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/nov/28/project-revive-malheur-national-forest-communities/
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/nov/28/project-revive-malheur-national-forest-communities/