by Web Editor | Jun 5, 2013 | News, News/PR
Unprecedented action is needed to tackle unprecedented circumstances facing Oregon’s timber counties that are on the brink of insolvency, Gov. John Kitzhaber told a legislative committee Monday. Kitzhaber urged members of the House Rules Committee to support a plan...
by Web Editor | Jun 3, 2013 | News, News/PR
Despite years of overall industry drop-off, timber still is king in Cowlitz County, Washington, at least when it comes to wages. According to a Thursday report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, loggers and sawmill workers in Cowlitz County earn a higher hourly...
by Web Editor | May 31, 2013 | News, News/PR
Nobody expected the waterlogged wood lining the bottom of Quakish Lake in Maine would become anything but pulp. But Tom Shafer is harvesting that wood for a new purpose. And it’s given him a new purpose, too. For two decades, Shafer chased down daily profits as a...
by Web Editor | May 29, 2013 | News, News/PR
Almost one year ago, the Forest Service announced the contractor for the first stewardship contract awarded under the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) in Arizona. The Forest Service anticipates that work issued under the Ranch Task Order will begin in early...
by Web Editor | May 24, 2013 | News, News/PR
Eighteen Western Oregon counties will soon receive $2 million in federal timber payments that had been held up under the sequester law aimed at cutting federal spending, officials learned Thursday. Douglas County Commissioner Doug Robertson, who chairs the Association...
by Web Editor | May 20, 2013 | News, News/PR
Prosecutors announced Thursday they won’t file charges against loggers whose equipment apparently started a massive wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin, concluding there was no criminal intent or negligence. The fire began Tuesday afternoon in the woods near...
