by Jacqlyn Kirkland | May 11, 2021 | News
Again this year, International Paper (IP) is offering a program that’s funded $500,000 in academic research grants the past two years to explore new technology and key issues for forest landowners and the forest products industry. Since 2019, IP has asked U.S....
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | May 11, 2021 | News
Officials with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) recently announced the launch of a partnership to develop a new SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard for application in North America and potentially globally. SFI will collaborate with...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Apr 15, 2021 | News
Earlier this year, Minnesota loggers and others worked a timber sale north of Duluth that’s expected to net roughly $25,000 for the Log A Load for Kids program and Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare through the Children’s Miracle Network. The harvest was...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Apr 15, 2021 | News
Spotted Owl Back In Court Preservationist groups and timber industry interests have filed lawsuits against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service over developments concerning critical habitat acreage designation for the Northern Spotted Owl, which has been listed as a...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Apr 15, 2021 | News
OSU Predicts Log Prices Researchers at Oregon State University have found a new way to predict the future price of logs that uses readily accessible economic information. “Log prices are really variable,” said Jeff Reimer, a professor of applied economics...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Mar 9, 2021 | News
In a letter to its members, Associated Oregon Loggers has sounded the alarm over a number of bills in the state’s House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that AOL says will increase or change harvest taxation, implement a new timber severance tax, and...
