by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2015 | News, News/PR
Conservationists are skeptical about Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s budget for the natural resource departments, fearful that it would open the gates for expanded commercial harvesting of state-owned property. LePage wants to do away with the state’s Bureau of Parks and...
by Web Editor | Feb 25, 2015 | News, News/PR
Competitions, industry accreditation seminars and displays of the latest in timber management equipment were the most obvious components of the 77th Annual Oregon Logging Conference held Feb. 19-21, at the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene. Less visible were the more...
by Web Editor | Feb 24, 2015 | News, News/PR
From: Timber Harvesting Staff Martco L.L.C. announced the selection of Corrigan, Texas as the location for a new, state-of-the-art oriented strandboard (OSB) facility. The facility is expected to employ 165. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer, with startup...
by Web Editor | Feb 20, 2015 | News, News/PR
Montana’s U.S. senators are getting behind a new bill they say will help Montana’s most rural timber counties round-out their budgets. Mineral County Commissioner Duane Simons says communities like his are reeling after Congress failed to renew the Secure...
by Web Editor | Feb 18, 2015 | News, News/PR
While proponents of federal-land transfer often claim state management would increase resource extraction and jobs, the Montana timber industry doesn’t agree. On Friday, the Montana Wood Products Association board of directors issued a policy statement opposing...
by Web Editor | Feb 16, 2015 | News, News/PR
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced legislation Thursday that would reinstate timber payments for rural counties for three years. The bill, called the Secure Rural Schools and Payment in Lieu of Taxes Repair Act, would provide funding at 2011...
