by Web Editor | Jun 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
A Senate committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation to extend federal subsidies for Oregon timber counties one more year, and to protect more wilderness and wild rivers. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the two bills are part of his effort to solve the funding crisis for...
by Web Editor | Jun 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado’s most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park. Investigators believed Colorado’s Black Forest...
by Web Editor | Jun 17, 2013 | News, News/PR
At least two people have been killed so far in the Black Forest fire, El Paso County, Colorado Sheriff Terry Maketa said Thursday. They were the first confirmed fatalities in the fire, which began Tuesday and pushed toward densely populated subdivisions of Colorado...
by Web Editor | Jun 7, 2013 | News, News/PR
Private landowners and public land managers soon will be able to use a novel type of straw made from beetle-kill Colorado pines to help reduce erosion and flooding after wildfires. Rogue Resources Inc., a Steamboat Springs-based forest products business, is now...
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...
